Drones target multiple military and industrial facilities across Russia
On the night of October 6, drones struck several military-industrial facilities in Russia.
According to Ukrinform, the ASTRA Telegram channel reported this.
In Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region, drones targeted the Sverdlov Explosives Plant.
“Overnight, air defense forces repelled an attack by 20 drones in the industrial zone of Dzerzhinsk. According to preliminary reports, debris caused injuries to one person. There is no life-threatening danger, and the injured is receiving all necessary medical assistance,” said Gleb Nikitin, governor of Nizhny Novgorod region.
He added that falling debris had also caused several small fires in the private sector, which had been extinguished.
Additionally, drones attacked the Klintsy Thermal Power Plant in Bryansk region overnight on October 6.
In Krasnodar krai, two people were injured due to drone attacks.
“In the Tuapsinsky municipal district, drone debris fell on the territory of the Tuapse Oil Refinery, causing a fire in a security building, which was promptly extinguished. Two people were injured and hospitalized,” the operational headquarters of Krasnodar krai reported.
Local residents also reported a fire at an oil refinery in Feodosia, in temporarily occupied Crimea, following drone strikes.
Overall, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that its air defenses had shot down 251 Ukrainian drones that night.
As previously reported by Ukrinform, several airports in Russia temporarily suspended operations overnight on October 6.
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