In the Tikhoretsk area of Krasnodar Krai, a local "state of emergency" has been declared, reports the independent portal Meduza, citing regional authorities. This move was triggered by a Ukrainian attack on an ammunition depot near Tikhoretsk.

Strikes on weapons arsenals are crucial to weaken Moscow’s overwhelming superiority in battlefield firepower, analysts said.

Ukrainian Defense Forces targeted and destroyed Russian arsenals in the Tver and Krasnodar regions of the Russian Federation early Saturday morning.

Ukraine hit two Russian munition depots overnight, showcasing its capability to strike deep inside Russia. Utilizing drones, the attacks targeted Tikhoretsk and Oktyabrsky, with significant materials destroyed.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen (not pictured), amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 20,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that Ukraine had deployed domestically produced - rather than Western-supplied - weapons to strike military depots in Russia. Source: President Zelenskyy's video address on 21 September Quote from Zelenskyy: "Another arms depot has been hit in Russia,

Ukraine's foreign minister said on Saturday that Russia is planning strikes on Ukrainian nuclear facilities before the winter, and urged the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog and Ukraine's allies to establish permanent monitoring missions at the country's nuclear plants.

Sybiha specified that the potential attacks could target open distribution systems at nuclear power plants and transmission substations, which are vital for the safe operation of nuclear energy. Read also: U.