Ukraine Just Blew Up 600,000 Tons Of Russian Ammunition: A Year’s Worth

https://www.thelowdownblog.com/2025/04/ukraine-just-blew-up-600000-tons-of.html

by jonfla

20 comments

  1. I’m not putting shade on you, but the article headline more than doubles the estimated tonnage described several times within itself.

    “It reportedly housed up to 264,000 tons of various ordnance, or around 6 million artillery shells—enough for more than one year of combat operations.”

    I wonder what the force of the explosion was, and if it killed anyone despite what Russian authorities say.

  3. A 600,000 ton detonation is a 600 kiloton detonation.

    The Hiroshima nuclear bomb was 15 kiloton TNT equivalents. The Beirut anfo detonation was about 1.1 kiloton and was in the new world wide for days.

    If a 600 kiloton explosion took place… it would be the biggest news story of the week. Pretty much any week.

    I think it is safe to say there was no 600kt detonation.

    A large bang? Sure but there is no need to embellish.

  5. How many ton of ammunition does russia produce per day?

  7. Wonder how significant the “burn time” would be for something like this. For example, 600kt going off all at once is probably a very different picture than a slow cook off over multiple hours or days.

  11. “…70 km northeast of Moscow. ”

    Dang. That’s not just the Ukrainian’s doing. A few Russians are fed up with the war too.

  14. > Preliminary reports indicate that the first blast was caused by a direct hit during unloading newly received munitions. This triggered a chain of catastrophic secondary detonations, sending shockwaves across the surrounding region.

    Timing the attack while there is a train load of munitions out in the open and a nearby bunker with open doors is either brilliant or extremely fortuitous. Either way, Siava Ukraini.

  15. This sounds like an extreme setback for an already stressed economy?? Hasn’t there been talk about how this year is about what they can even sustain?

    Before this stockpile was blown up, that is.

  16. Russian civilians should avoid being in the vicinity of large troop concentrations. That military Column should be targeted.

  18. Kudos, as always. Hopefully Russia production and revenue will degrade further

  20. 600,000 tons? Really? 600kt? That’s 46 times larger than the nuke that hit Hiroshima.

    Russian subs are going to laugh at this sub.

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