A look at the burning warehouse
95% of 69,000 tons of munitions stored in Ukraine’s Ichnya warehouse was destroyed as a result of explosiosns on the site, which happened there on October 9-10, ZN.ua reported on October 19 citing own sources.
According to the report, the Ichnya warehouse stored the following:
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20,000 152mm shells for the Akatsiya self-propelled artillery gun;
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9,000 152mm shells for the Msta-S self-propelled artillery gun;
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1,300 203mm shells for the Pion self-propelled artillery gun;
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5,500 120mm shells for the Gvosdika self-propelled artillery gun;
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567,000 82mm mortar shells;
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335,000 120mm mortar shells;
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34,000 shells for the Nona extremely light-weight self-propelled gun;
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3,000 220mm rockets for the Uragan multiple-launch rocket system;
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22,000 125mm battle tank shells;
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117,000 122mm rockets for the Grad multiple-launch rocket system;
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76,000 122mm rockets for the 9A51 Prizma multiple-launch rocket system;
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175,000 30mm antiaircraft projectiles for the Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon;
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150,000 23mm antiaircraft projectiles for the Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon;
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1,176,000 30mm shells for the BMP-2 armoured vehicle;
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700,000 hand grenades
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537,000,000 5.45mm rounds;
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148,000,000 7.62mm rounds.
The ZN.ua article also pointed out that other types of munition were also destroyed in the explosions. So, it’s currently complicated to describe a total impact of the incident on the Ukrainian defense capabilities. However, the article recalled that since the very start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, pro-Kiev forces have spent about 70 tones of munitions of various types.
