The massive fireball could be seen from space, and is the result of a huge drone strike on a Russian weapons depot, with the explosion forcing the evacuation of nearby villages

Write that in a large warehouse in the town of Toropets near the Tver region, the Russians saved missiles up to “Grad”, S-300 and S-400, as well as warped ballistic missiles up to “Iskander” and began to create a stockpile of Korean KN2 3. https://t.co/SY8FkEpb5W pic.twitter.com/CzVx3MmHQ3

Ukraine has beaten Russia in a race to shake the steppes with an earthquake and send up a mushroom cloud visible from outer space. For weeks, Russian commentators have urged the Kremlin to drop a nuclear weapon on Ukraine.

Ukraine's air force said on Thursday it had shot down all 42 drones and one of four missiles used by Russia during overnight attacks. Air defences went into operation in nine Ukrainian regions, the air force said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app nearly 31 months after Russia's full-scale invasion.

The agreement for Ukrainians to use Western weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation is still a topic of discussion among Kyiv's Western allies. Moscow is taking stringent measures to prevent this,

The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has been ongoing for over two years as of 2024. The neighboring countries entered into war with one another on February 24, 2022, with the invasion of the Russian military from Belarus and Crimea.

During the night, nearly 100 Ukrainian drones attacked an ammunition depot in the town of Toropets in the Tver region of Russia. Authorities ordered the evacuation of the town. According to the Astra channel,