CIA helped Ukraine plan attack on arms depot in Tver region – NYT

That's according to The New York Times, Ukrinform reports.

U.S. intelligence had identified a vast munitions depot in the lakeside town of Torets, some 466 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border. Weapons from the depot were being supplied to Russian forces fighting in Ukraine's Kharkiv region and Russia's Kursk region.

CIA officers shared intelligence about the depot's munitions and vulnerabilities, as well as Russian defense systems on the way to Torets. They calculated how many drones the eration would require and charted their circuitous flight paths.

On September 18, a large swarm of drones slammed into the munitions depot. The blast, as powerful as a small earthquake, ened a crater the width of a football field. Videos showed immense balls of flame and plumes of smoke rising above the lake.

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On the night of September 17-18, 2024, drones erated by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), and Special erations Forces destroyed a large arms depot belonging to the Russian Defense Ministry's Main Missile and Artillery Directorate in Torets, Tver region.

According to an SBU source, the depot housed missiles for Iskander systems, Tochka-U tactical missile systems, guided aerial bombs, and artillery ammunition.