Missiles hit Russian Defense Ministry facility near Volgograd: locals evacuated – video

On the night of February 12, the Volgograd region of Russia was attacked by missiles, which resulted in a fire on the territory of the aggressor state's Defense Ministry. This was reported by the Governor of Volgograd region Andrey Bocharov.

He claimed that the missile attack was repelled by Russian air defense, and that the fire on the territory of the Russian Defense Ministry facility near the village of Kotluban was caused by "falling debris.".

Local residents are evacuated from Kotluban village due to threat of detonation.

The Russian resource ASTRA analyzed eyewitness footage of the fire in Kotluban and claims that it is the territory of military unit 57229/51 (formerly 92921).

According to publicly available data, military unit 57229/51 is a large arsenal for the integrated storage of ammunition. It is the arsenal of the Main Rocket Artillery Directorate (GRAU) of the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Russian Defense Ministry does not report any missile attacks, but counted 106 UAVs allegedly shot down overnight, two of them over Volgograd region.

• On the night of February 11, the Defense Forces struck at the Volgograd refinery, which is involved in supplying the Russian army.