A kalibr only have only 500kg warhead... that explosion was huge. Maybe a first strike created aerosol from the fuel and gaz on the plant and a second ignited it all together ? If it's what happened it's a lucky shot. If it's a thermobaric, it's a giant one.
The War in the Ukraine
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If the underrated comedian can keep his troops moralized on the front lines and get good propaganda and alliances... Someone better in charge would leave Russia far worse off than the lackluster role it's playing.
Underestimating and not accepting mistakes makes you unable to correct... Right now it seems that the ones in the Kremlin are the circus clowns, not the ones from kyiv, who have done things very well to try to expel the invaders of his country
The Russians will likely correct the mistake in leaving Kharkov so poorly occupied, but it is going to be at an easily avoidable cost...
ASB says it looks like a KH-101 cruise missile was used to hit the CHPP-5 but the warhead is similar to the Kalibr anyway.
Even the most active pro-Russians on the net are baffled at how Russia is unable to send a message... No one knows what the Russians are planning, but right now they are only managing to break the morale of their own supporters and fighters.
Well it is a power station and a Gas tank would easily create that kind of Thermobaric explosion. Even if it coal fired, the coal is reduced to dust before being pumped into the boilers. Coal dust is as volatile as gas in that state and coal dust explosions have ripped apart many Battleships in the past.
Yep a strike followed by another could have created a thermobaric explosion with what was inside the plant who became aerosol, if it's the case it's still a lucky shot to have produced that nice uniform shockwave.
There is nothing at the TPP that can blow up like that .
There is no coal dust, gas tank, only oil tanks.
Or they just stocked ammunitions in it because Russians didn't strike civilian plants until now...