HUR drones strike camouflaged drone production facility in Russia’s Kaluga region – source

HUR drones strike camouflaged drone production facility in Russia’s Kaluga region – source

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Long-range strike drones of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine carried out an attack on a drone manufacturing site in the village of Obukhovo, Dzerzhinsky district, Kaluga region, Russia, in the evening of March 12.

This was reported to Ukrinform by an intelligence source.

"The production lines for assembling drones were located in the workshops of the Kaluga Aerated Concrete plant," the source said.

According to the source, eyewitnesses managed to capture the incident and posted videos showing the impact and a massive fire on the plant's territory.

Local Kaluga social media channels shared videos from the scene, reporting falling debris and a fire at the "industrial facility".

Due to the drone attack, the Carpet plan was implemented at Kaluga Airport, resulting in the cancellation of all flights from 21:00 on March 12 to 6:00 on March 13.

Read also: Ukraine intel confirms attack on oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad region

The governor of Kaluga region confirmed the night drone strike, which targeted an industrial facility, as well as communication and energy infrastructure.

As previously reported, overnight on March 10, HUR drones attacked the Novokuibyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region, which produces fuel for jet engines of supersonic aircraft (Su-27, Tu-22M3, and others).

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