Cobasna ammunition depot
Military weapons deposit in Cobasna, part of Moldova but under Transnistrian control
The Cobasna ammunition depot, formally the 1411th Artillery Ammunition Depot (Romanian: Depozitul de muniții de artilerie nr. 1411; Russian: 1411-й артиллерийский склад боеприпасов, romanized: 1411-y artilleriyskiy sklad boyepripasov), is a large ammunition depot located in the village of Cobasna. Legally and internationally recognized as part of Moldova as a whole, the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria controls the village and the ammunition depot and has denied access to international observers, an exception being the Russian military forces located in the region ever since the end of the Transnistria War in 1992. Outside access to the ammunition depot is effectively prohibited. Only the Russian and Transnistrian authorities have detailed information regarding the amount and state of the stored weapons.
History
20th century
The ammunition depot's Military Unit Number is 72431. The original directive for the establishment of the depot was issued by the Red Army General Staff on 28 July 1941. In accordance with this directive, the depot was established in Kungur, now in Perm Krai, Russia, on 11 August of the same year. Starting from 30 January 1942, during World War II, the depot supplied Red Army units and formations of the Volkhov Front in Budogoshch, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Kremenchuk, Moscow, Oryol, Poltava and Vyshny Volochyok. From July 1945 to May 1949, the depot was located in Voznesensk, now in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.
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