A new facility, Katkov explained the features of the warehouse that burned down in Russia

A warehouse caught fire in Kotluban / Collage 24 Channel

On the night of November 16, the arsenal of the GRAU military unit, where the artillery ammunition is located, burned down in Kotluban, Volgograd Region. This is an important object, but it has not been completely hit.

The warehouse in Kotluban was built in the early 2020s. Oleg Katkov, editor-in-chief of Defense Express, told Channel 24 about this.

The warehouse held something important

As Oleg Katkov emphasized, this is an ammunition depot belonging to the southern military district of Russia. This is an important warehouse, but it is not said that it was completely burned down.

This is a new facility, built in the early 20s. Its construction was financed by a loan. The Russian Ministry of Defense took 400 million rubles, but there were corruption scandals. Usually, new warehouses store something that is of great importance to the Russian Ministry of Defense. But what exactly was stored there is unknown, he said.

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Warehouse fire in Kotluban: what is known

• Around 1 a.m. on November 16, a Russian Defense Ministry facility caught fire in Kotluban, Volgograd Region, due to unknown drones. Local authorities assured that the attack was repulsed and there was no damage. However, at least one drone is known to have hit a target.
• It is known that the arsenal of the GRAU military unit numbered 57229-51, where the artillery ammunition depot is located, exploded. The warehouse is located 40 kilometers from Volgograd. It burned for 4 hours. During this time, about 600 local residents were evacuated.
• The Main Intelligence Directorate confirmed that on November 16, the enemy actually lost one arsenal. Representative Andrei Yusov did not confirm that the fire occurred due to the arrival of a Ukrainian drone, but did not deny this thesis.
• Local residents complain that despite the drone raid at night, no air raid alerts were sounded. Frightened residents of Kotluban independently evacuated to neighboring settlements.