Ukraine, Without American Missiles, Sends Up Non-Nuclear Mushroom Cloud Over Russia

Attack on ammunition dump shakes the steppes with the force of an earthquake.

Maxar Technologies via AP
The aftermath of a series of explosions at an ammunition depot at Toropets, Russia. Maxar Technologies via AP

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. Yesterday, it was Ukraine who pulled off what may be the single largest explosion of the war. They did it the old fashioned, non-nuclear way: blowing up an ammunition dump.

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