This is curious.

Ukraine’s General Staff confirms destruction of Russian arsenal containing Iranian missiles in Volgograd Oblast – Pravda.ua

Ukraine’s defence forces hit a Russian depot used to store and upgrade missile and artillery weaponry near the village of Kotluban in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast on the night of 28-29 September.

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Quote: “According to the available information, a train carrying Iranian missiles had arrived at the arsenal the day before the strike. The military facility was heavily protected by electronic warfare and air defence systems, but our units successfully accomplished the combat objective. A fire is raging and ammunition is exploding on the arsenal’s premises.”

Details: The operation was reportedly carried out by the Unmanned Systems Forces in cooperation with units of the Special Operations Forces, Defence Intelligence, and the Security Service of Ukraine.

The General Staff said the defence forces continue to weaken Russia’s military capabilities.

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(((Tendar))) @Tendar – 8:11 UTC · Sep 29, 2024

Overnight, special forces of the Ukrainian army struck the Russian ammunition depot of Kotluban, Volgograd region. Iranian ballistic missile parts and launchers were stored at the site, according to Andriy Kovalenko.

Pictures from locals and the NASA FIRMS map confirm that a fire is ongoing at this site.

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A few hours later:

Satellite image shows missile arsenal in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast intact following Ukrainian strike – Pravda.ua

Radio Liberty has released a satellite image showing that a missile and artillery arsenal targeted by a Ukrainian drone strike near the village of Kotluban in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast was not hit.

Source: Radio Liberty

Details: The satellite image, dated 29 September, shows that a fire broke out near the arsenal of the Russian Defence Ministry’s Main Missile and Artillery Directorate as a result of the Ukrainian drone strike, but the blaze did not spread to the premises of the ammunition depot.

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Of interest here is that Radio Liberty (Radio Svoboda), a U.S. government funded propaganda outlet in Russian and other languages, is debunking the false claim by the Ukrainian army.

Is that a warning to not go overboard with such fake victory announcements?

What will the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine think of such ‘treachery’?

Reprinted with permission from Moon of Alabama.