Ukraine Hits Russian Ammunition Factory Behind Enemy Lines

Ukrainian drones hit an ammunition depot in Russia in latest successful attack on Kiev Russian soldier reported to the website.

Ukraine has used drones to strike targets deep within Russia to rein in its military machine, often without claiming direct responsibility. Such attacks have increased in recent months, sometimes coinciding with periods such as: Russia’s repeated missile and drone attacks About Ukrainian infrastructure.

In the latest incident, Ukrainska Pravda, citing an unnamed Kiev security source, reported that Ukrainian drones hit the Aleksinsky Chemical Plant in the Tula region, about 190 kilometers south of Moscow.

Explosion sounds can be heard in the video published on the Russian Telegram channels of the site that produces gunpowder and ammunition for Moscow forces. According to local residents, air raid warnings began to be heard from 9.30pm on Friday and multiple explosions were reported about six hours later in the early hours of Saturday morning.

news week He contacted the Russian and Ukrainian defense ministries for comment.

An SBU (Ukrainian intelligence) source told the Kiev Independent that “attacking arms depots, military airfields and businesses that are part of the Russian military-industrial complex reduces Russia’s ability to terrorize our country.”

As is common following the reported attack on Ukraine’s military facilities, Russia’s defense ministry did not mention the attack in its statement on Saturday, instead saying that its air defenses managed to shoot down 50 Ukrainian drones overnight in seven Russian regions, including Tula. .

Others were in the border regions of Bryansk, Kursk, Novgorod, Smolensk, Oryol and Tver.

Adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko shared images One post stated that the facility produces materials used to manufacture rockets and weapons.

Other social media channels, including pro-Ukrainian United 24 Media, posted daytime footage from the scene of the attack, saying operations at the facility had been halted and orange smoke was visible.

The reported attack followed an attack on an oil refinery in Saratov, about 1600 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. This was carried out by Ukraine’s military intelligence service, RBC news agency reported, citing Kiev’s military sources.

“After a month-long hiatus, Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure has resumed,” open-source intelligence