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'They must face the most severe punishment' – How Vyshneve's ammunition depot multiplied the toll of Russia's strike
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'They must face the most severe punishment' – How Vyshneve's ammunition depot multiplied the toll of Russia's strike

by Yuliia Taradiuk

VYSHNEVE, Kyiv Oblast – After a Russian missile strike tore through a quiet suburb just southwest of Kyiv on July 6, causing massive explosions at a warehouse near a residential area, entire streets resemble a front-line town. Where neat gardens, cherry trees, and family homes once stood, there are now scorched foundations, collapsed roofs, and piles of twisted metal. The blast resulted in the most extensive damage to residential areas since Russia's full-scale invasion began, Ukrainian officia

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