Alexander Smith is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital based in London.
A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian missile facility early Wednesday threw up towering fireballs visible from space and thundering detonations that triggered earthquake monitors. Even by the standards of this incendiary conflict, video showing the blasts north of Moscow made for remarkable footage. Officials on both sides said it was the result of a large Ukrainian drone attack on Toropets, a town in the Tver region around 230 miles from the Russian capital.
A source in the Security Service of Ukraine confirmed to NBC News that its drones had “wiped off the face of the earth a large warehouse of the main missile and artillery department” of Russia’s military. The source, requesting anonymity because of the sensitivity of these operations, said that Iskander, Tochka and KAB missiles were all being stored there.
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