Evidence now on the table suggests that Ukraine acted as a hand puppet of NATO when it struck the Toropets arms depot in Russia’s Tver region on Sept. 18, a military target which had nothing to do with damaging Russia’s special military operation (SMO), “protecting Ukrainians,” or anything of the sort claimed by the Ukrainian government. From the account of the well-known blogger Simplicius, what Ukraine struck was a support facility for the Russian divisions being created for the new northwestern military districts facing NATO’s new members, Finland and Sweden.
Simplicius reports in his Sept. 19 story, most of the munitions being used in the SMO zone are produced in factories east of the Urals, in Novosibirsk, Perm and elsewhere. “Thus, there is absolutely no reason for Russia to ship that weaponry from east of the Urals to such an ungodly inefficient northwestern location like the 107th arsenal [located in Toropets, Tver region west of Moscow—ed.], only to have it shipped further down south to the SMO zone—wasting hundreds if not over a thousand of critical extraneous kilometers; all while there are dozens of other more suitable arsenals ... in locations which are far more convenient along ‘direct line’ paths,” Simplicius writes. He includes maps illustrating locations of major arms depots, manufacturing facilities and rail routes in Russia to make his point.
