During the Russian attack on the Ukrainian Kryvyi Rih overnight, 17 people were injured, Ukrainian authorities said. In the Russian Dzerzhinsk, there were explosions at night at an enterprise where explosives are produced, the Telegram channels Shot and Astra wrote. The Sverdlov plant there, which is part of the Russian military-industrial complex, was attacked by Ukrainian drones, the server said Ukrainian justice citing a source in the Ukrainian secret service.
The Ukrainian General Staff later still informed about an attack on a military airport in Russia’s Lipetsk region.
“Unmanned aircraft of the Ukrainian army tried to attack the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhegorod region. Local residents report heavy explosions and smoke in the area of the Sverdlov plant,” the portal wrote early in the morning Shot. Posted by Astra channel shotswhich he said captures the attacks, noting that explosives are manufactured at the facility.
“The enemy at the plant produces explosives, aerial and artillery shells, aerial bombs, warheads for anti-tank guided missiles and warheads for anti-aircraft missile systems,” Ukrainska pravda later quoted its source as saying that the plant was attacked by drones of the Ukrainian secret services SBU, HUR and forces for special operations. The letter does not mention what damage the attack caused.
In the afternoon, the Ukrainian General Staff reported on Facebook about the Ukrainian attacks on the plant in Dzerzhinsk and also on the military airport in the Lipetsk region. “The main targets were ammunition warehouses, fuel and lubricant warehouses, and aviation equipment,” wrote the command of the Ukrainian army about the strike on the airport. According to him, the results of the attack are being specified.
According to Reuters, the Dzerzhinsk plant is one of Russia’s largest manufacturers of explosives used by Russia’s invasion forces in Ukraine and is subject to sanctions by both the European Union and the United States. The BBC also draws attention to the Western sanctions imposed on Sverdlov’s plant last year on its Russian-language website.
Governor of the region Gleb Nikitin on the Telegram social network he wrotethat air defense repelled a drone attack on an industrial zone in Dzerzhinsk. According to him, four firefighters suffered minor injuries when the drone debris fell. He did not specify the target of the strike.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported today that 110 drones had been shot down over seven Russian regions, including the Lipetsk and Nizhegorod regions. The Russian Ministry of Defense regularly reports on downed drones, but usually does not state how many drones Ukraine has sent to Russia in total.
Ukrainian Air Force meanwhile announced downing of 31 Russian drones overnight over 12 Ukrainian regions. In total, according to him, the Russians sent 49 drones and two Iskander-M ballistic missiles. According to Kyiv, thirteen Russian drones disappeared from the radars, what happened to them is being specified. Two drones flew in the direction of Belarus, the Ukrainian Air Force said, not mentioning the fate of the missiles and the remaining drones.
Chairman of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council Oleksandr Vilkul statedthat Russia carried out two ballistic missile attacks on a city in the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to him, 17 people were injured in the strike. “According to current information, 15 buildings, three educational institutions, three administrative buildings, seven business buildings, a hotel, three fire engines and twenty passenger cars were damaged… In other words, civilian buildings,” he wrote in a telegram.
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitalij Klitschko, also announced the Russian air strikes on the night of today. He statedthat air defense was working in the metropolis. Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv military administration of the metropolis he wrotethat approximately ten combat drones heading for the capital were shot down. According to preliminary reports, the attack did not cause any damage or casualties. The target of the attack was also the Lviv region, where no damage was reported, writes Reuters.
Source: www.tyden.cz
