The military equipment is valued at over $ 200 million. According to the Ukrainian security service, the owner of the warehouse is suspected of “cooperating with the enemy.” It is estimated that in Ukraine are scattered several more such secret warehouses, prepared by the Russians for a long time, even before their invasion of the country.
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In the large amount found in the secret warehouse, the Ukrainians found 60 tank engines, spare parts for armored vehicles and also 26 R-73 and R-27 air-to-air missiles. It is estimated that the secret warehouse containing the military equipment was intended to serve the Russian army as a logistics equipment center for the continuation of the attack in Ukraine. Also found were 10 train carriages, on which the Russians loaded more spare parts for armored vehicles, for fast movement when needed.
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According to the Ukrainian Security Service, a large part of the equipment was stolen from Ukrainian military bases even before the Russian invasion. Another weapon found there was apparently smuggled all over by Russian intelligence, with the aim of using this warehouse during the fighting, which characterizes the occurrence of the war in terms of timeline.