Ukraine said on Sunday it had actually targeted an essential Russian dynamites factory, located about 750 kilometers (470 miles) from the border, in an over night drone attack.Kyiv has consistently launched drone attacks deep into Russian area, looking for to hit energy and military sites that it says are essential to providing Moscows getting into army.A source in the SBU security services told AFP its drones had struck the Sverdlov dynamites factory in Dzerzhinsk, simply outside the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod.Russian authorities verified drones had targeted the area but said the attack had actually been foiled.
Air defenses and electronic warfare implies pushed back a drone attack on the territory of the Dzerzhinsk commercial zone, Nizhny Novgorod regional Governor Gleb Nikitin stated on Telegram.
Four employees of the station house, located on the territory of the industrial business, got light shrapnel wounds, he added.The United States and European Union have approved the Sverdlov plant, one of Russias largest producers of military explosives.Footage published on Russian social networks revealed a large surge in the area and small drones being downed by air defense systems.AFP might not right away confirm the footage.Kyiv did not state what damage, if any, the attack inflicted on the plants production capabilities.Moscows Defense Ministry said previously it had actually downed 110 Ukrainian drones that had actually been fired at its territory overnight, the largest attempted aerial barrage by Ukraine in 2 weeks.Russia likewise introduced a wave of attacks on Ukraine.Kyiv stated they targeted domestic areas.At least 17 people were injured in an attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, including a first responder, the state emergency situation services said.Russia likewise attacked an energy facility in the northeastern Sumy area, the local power operator Sumyoblenergo said on Telegram, knocking out electricity for more than 37,000 consumers.Ukraine is bracing for its most difficult winter season of the war yet.Russia has actually destroyed swathes of its producing capability and continues to strike energy sites, at a time when temperature levels have actually dropped towards freezing throughout the country.Separately, Russian aviation authorities temporarily closed Kazan airport, around 1,000 kilometers from the Ukraine border, on Sunday early morning, citing air safety concerns.The Rosaviatsia firm did not provide a reason for the suspension of flights, although such restrictions are usually imposed when there are reports of Ukrainian drone attacks in the area.Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to fulfill the leaders of China, Brazil and Turkey in the city later this week for the BRICS summit, the greatest event of Moscows allies and partners inside the country considering that it got into Ukraine in February 2022.