Rustam Minnikhanov, head of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, has reported a Ukrainian drone assault on the Yelabuga district, the place Russia has arrange a manufacturing facility for Shahed-type loitering munitions.
Supply: Minnikhanov on Telegram; Meduza, a Latvia-based Russian media outlet; social media
Particulars: Minnikhanov claimed that efforts to destroy Ukrainian drones induced particles to fall on a checkpoint constructing at a automotive manufacturing unit within the Yelabuga district, sparking a hearth that has since been extinguished.
He mentioned one employee was killed and 13 have been injured.
Meduza studies that social media customers have posted a video displaying a hearth within the Alabuga Particular Financial Zone in Tatarstan. The footage signifies the fireplace occurred close to the Aurus and Sollers automotive manufacturing unit buildings.
Astra notes that workers in native discussion groups reported an evacuation from the Alabuga zone. One of many movies, reportedly filmed in Yelabuga, exhibits thick smoke rising from a parking lot.
Yelabuga is residence to a Russian army plant for manufacturing Shahed-type assault drones, in-built 2023 within the Alabuga Particular Financial Zone.
Background:
- The Alabuga zone has come below drone assaults repeatedly since April 2024.
- The latest assault earlier than this one occurred in April.
- On the evening of 9-10 June, Russian authorities reported a large-scale drone assault, with explosions heard in Nizhnekamsk and Yelabuga, the place Shahed drones are assembled.
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