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Jun 27, 2022, 28 tweets

Did the Ukrainians also have intel about the looming ammo shortage beforehand? Did seem like they were putting a fair bit more effort targeting Russian ammo dumps over the past week

First was an ammo depot going up at Krasny Luch last week…

Then almost certainly another Russian ammo depot, this time at Svatove over the weekend

And now one more going boom at Zymogorye (Zymohir'ya), again in Luhansk

Two targets hit accurately and almost simultaneously? Sure sounds like one suspect is most likely responsible

NASA FIRMS showing fires at both Zimogorye (Zymohir'ya) and Rodakove as at 0722 GMT

Fire(s) in the circled area

Confirmation of a successful strike yesterday against a valid target at Rodakovo (Rodakove)

Another day, another long range Ukrainian strike on a valid Russian military target.

Meanwhile, Russia launches guided missiles at shopping malls

Back to Zymogorye (Zymohir'ya): Sentinel imagery from yesterday (2nd and 3rd images here) showing huge fire at exactly where FIRMS pinpointed it. Additional fires/hotspots (red) visible on Short Wave Infra Red (SWIR) nearby possibly from rockets launching after cooking off

HIMARS a game changer. Who’d have thought it…

And again. Stakhanov (Kadiivka). Lots of secondary explosions (the popping sounds) means almost certainly another ammo storage was hit

Revisiting the sites at Zymogorye (Zymohir'ya) and Rodakove (Rodakovo) that were struck a couple of days back. It's no exaggeration to say both targets were obliterated by whatever blew up and burned after the suspected Ukrainian long-range strikes

Popasna apparently. That’s another big boom

Good ol’ Chernobaevka again

Confirmation that HIMARS was responsible for the strike on Zymogorye (Zymohir'ya) wsj.com/articles/new-u…

The strike on the recruits in barracks could be this predawn one in Perevalsk which caused “many wounded”?

FIRMS has noted another big fire north of the famous Chernobaevka Airport near Kherson. Possible geolocation to this group of buildings circled (46.7028, 32.5256), dropped pin marks location where photo of smoke was taken .@GeoConfirmed

Note the popping sounds. Means another Russian ammo dump ate rocket(s). World’s smallest violin plays

4th of July fireworks in Snizhne

Another day, another Russian ammo dump ~70km from the frontlines goes boom.

Yes there was one at Melitopol near the airfield yesterday. Detonations of several incoming munitions and subsequent big fire on video, but AFAIK there were no secondary detonations to indicate it was an ammo storage hit

Possible Snizhne geolocation

Artillery shells scattered all over the ground at the destroyed facility at Zymogorye (Zymohir'ya), confirming it was an ammo dump that was hit by Ukrainian HIMARS

Above video verified and geolocated to Zymogorye (Zymohir'ya) at 48.5630, 38.9448. Red arrow indicates camera car direction of travel .@GeoConfirmed

Another one for Stakhanov (Kadiivka)

Reportedly near Dibrovne, Kharkiv. Frontline ammo point, but they all count

And Russian ammo cooking off in Donetsk, again

Confirmation that Donetsk yesterday was another ammo dump in the middle of a populated area. Watch your step!

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