Booming arms production forces Ukraine to rely on open-air ammo depots, analyst suggests
Ukraine may have little choice but to store some of the output of its defense industry at poorly protected locations, political analyst Ihor Reiterovych said in an interview with NV Radio on Aug. 31.
Ukraine is facing a dilemma in storing the output of its rapidly expanding defense industry, political analyst Ihor Reiterovych suggests. Recently, a Russian drone attack on an arms depot in Myla, Kyiv Oblast, resulted in the deaths of 38 people, highlighting the urgent need for better storage solutions. While Ukraine is working on underground storage facilities, progress has been slow.
Reiterovych noted that decisions should have been made to relocate or underground storage by mid-2022. The analyst explained that the presence of open-air depots could be attributed to the sharp increase in production, particularly for drones and other equipment. The necessity to store these supplies somewhere has led to the use of these depots as temporary storage sites.
At the Myla depot, residents described it as a former produce warehouse that had some protection before being used for ammunition storage. The attack on this site, on Aug. 28, caused a large fire and secondary detonations, emphasizing the vulnerability of open-air storage. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Russian forces struck a site in Myla where Ukraine's Defense Forces stored shells, mines, and drones.
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