Several explosions have rocked a large ammunition storage facility deep inside Russia on Wednesday morning following a reported attack by Ukrainian drones.

Videos circulating on social media showed a massive fireball rise after the first explosion, followed by several smaller explosions erupting nearby.

Local officials have begun evacuating nearby villages amid ongoing detonations and billowing plumes of smoke. The explosion was according to information recorded at 2.8 magnitude by seismographs monitoring the region.

This is news and will be updated shortly.

Tver ammunition depot explosions
Screenshot from a video showing explosions hit an ammunition depot in Russia’s Tver region early Wednesday morning.

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