The image shows a large explosion in a Russian ammunition depot in Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces have been praised around the world for their response to Russian aggression. Several videos have appeared on social media showing the Ukrainian army successfully organizing a counter-offensive against the numerically superior Russian army. The latest video captured by a drone shows Russian ammunition being destroyed in a wooded area in Belgorod. According to the video’s caption, the Russians tried to hide ammunition in the woods but “something went wrong” and it was destroyed.
Shared by a user named CorsicA123 on the social networking platform Reddit, the video recorded by the thermal camera shows a large fireball as the ammunition depot is destroyed.
“Ruzzians tried to hide some ammo in the forest but something went wrong. Belgorod. Filmed by drone with thermal camera,” the user wrote while sharing the post.
The post received thousands of views and countless comments within hours of being shared.
People from two of the villages in southern Russia near the Ukraine border were evacuated on Thursday after a nearby ammunition depot caught fire, but no one was injured, according to officials. Yahoo News.
Users in the comments section of the post raised some concerns about Ukrainian drones entering Russian territory, while others were seen sharing various information.
“So Ukraine has drones over Russian territory? What happened to Russia’s amazing air defense system?” asked a user.
Another said, “They modified them to shoot at schools and apartment buildings, killing children is more important and for the ruzzas than protecting their own burial facilities.”
A third user said, “The US let the Ukrainian Armed Forces shoot the AGM-88 HARM at a low level before revealing that they got it. used it on their MIG-29. Fired them with a volley. HIMARS at the same time sounds like a bad time for the people on the other end.”
The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said in a statement that emergency services were investigating the cause of the fire near the settlements of Timonovo and Soloti, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ukraine. Meanwhile, Mr. Gladkov did not go into specifics about the incident.
