...quite concerning incident of an attack on Russian soil, instigating escalation.
What do we know about the Ukrainian attack in Russia's Tver region?
By Reuters
September 18, 20245:29 PM GMT+10Updated 27 min ago
Sept 18 (Reuters) - A major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered a giant blast and forced the partial evacuation of residents near the site of a large Russian arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday, war bloggers and some media reported.
What do we know so far?
* The attack sparked giant blasts and a blaze in Toropets, a 1,000-year-old town, which has a population of just over 11,000, about 250 miles (400 km) west of Moscow.
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Fire fighters were trying to contain the fire, Igor Rudenya, the governor of the Tver region, said in a post on the Telegram messaging channel of the region's administration. He did not say what was burning.
* Unverified video and images on social media showed a huge ball of flame blasting high into the night sky and detonations thundering across a lake in the region that lies northwest of Moscow and not far from the border with Belarus.
