Ukraine attacked a factory producing missiles overnight in western Russia, according to reports.
Andrii Kovalenko, Head of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council's Centre for Countering Disinformation gave details of the attack on the Typhoon factory in the city of Kaluga in a post on Telegram. Regional governor Vladislav Shapsha also confirmed the attack, reporting that Russian forces shot down three UAVs and that a fire started at the factory caused by falling debris from one of the drones.
Newsweek reached out to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for comment via email.
Kovalenko specified that the Typhoon factory makes communication systems, radar equipment, components for surveillance and guidance systems for combat vehicles, and parts for air defense systems, aviation equipment and missile complexes.
According to open sources, the plant develops complex radio technical systems and coastal sets, some for the Russian Navy, as reported by RBC Ukraine. One of the main products at the plant is the Bal-E coastal missile system.
The factory is reportedly subject to sanctions from Western countries.
A user on X, formerly known as Twitter, Jürgen Nauditt posted a video purportedly of the fire at the Typhoon factory after the drone strike.
Drone strikes not only damaged the Typhoon factory but also caused a fire at the Kaluganefteprodukt oil depot.
In Kaluga, the Typhoon factory, which is part of the russian military-industrial complex TsPD, was also attacked
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Shapsha said that there had been no casualties and that a total of eight UAVs were destroyed overnight.
There were also drone strikes in Kursk according to the region's governor, Alexei Smirnov, who wrote on Telegram that seven Ukrainian missiles and seven drones were reportedly shot down.
Ukraine's drone strikes on Kaluga and Kursk followed attacks last week when Kyiv's forces fired ATACMS missiles at a military munitions depot in Bryansk and targeted a military compound in Kursk with Storm Shadow missiles.
Russia then retaliated by attacking Dnipro, utilizing a new hypersonic ballistic missile known as Oreshnik in response to Washington's authorization for Ukraine to use U.S.-made long-range weapons to conduct deep strikes into Russian territory.
Tensions have escalated since Ukraine started using long-range weapons, and Moscow has since promised to enact a "more powerful" response to strikes on Russian territory, condemning Western countries for aiding Kyiv.
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