Double blow for Putin as Ukrainian kamikaze drones ‘strike gunpowder manufacturing unit and missile plant’ in separate assault

Ukraine staged two in a single day suspected kamikaze drone assaults on russia putting a gunpowder plant and a manufacturing unit making Vladimir Putin’s lethal Iskander-M missiles.

Footage confirmed an explosion and big hearth on the gunpowder plant in Tambov area.

The night time sky was lit up in crimson and orange from the detonation at Kotovsk, 300 miles southeast of Moscow.

Locals heard an explosion earlier than the enormous blaze on the facility which provides ammunition to the Russian military.

Native social media carried feedback, with one saying: ‘Oh my expensive woman who went to work on the night time shift, please come again alive.’

Large explosions additionally hit Komolna, some 60 miles southeast of Moscow at KBM Engineering Design Bureau, a state-run defence enterprise specialising in missile methods

The night time sky was lit up in crimson and orange from the detonation at Kotovsk, 300 miles southeast of Moscow

Locals heard an explosion earlier than the enormous blaze on the facility which provides ammunition to the Russian military

One other posted: ‘It was the fifth workshop that exploded.’

Yet one more warned: ‘Cease sharing such particulars, we do not know who’s studying this group.’

Large explosions additionally hit Komolna, some 60 miles southeast of Moscow at KBM Engineering Design Bureau, a state-run defence enterprise specialising in missile methods together with the Iskander-M which has been massively used towards Ukraine within the warfare.

russia claimed it had shot down a drone however the roof of a plant workshop was plainly ablaze.

Ambulances and police have been on the scene.

Russian media outlet Mash reported that roofing and cladding of two buildings have been broken, and home windows damaged.

The street resulting in the plant was blocked after the explosion.

Russian media outlet Mash reported that roofing and cladding of two buildings have been broken, and home windows damaged

The plant – owned by state-owned defence conglomerate Rostec, headed by shut Putin crony Sergey Chemezov – produces man-portable anti-aircraft missile methods, anti-tank missile methods operational-tactical missile methods and energetic safety complexes .

The extent of any harm was not instantly clear.

There have been no fast reviews of casualties within the two incidents.

Ukraine hardly ever feedback on claims of such strikes in russia.

However its forces have focused Russian navy, logistics, and infrastructure websites in russia and in occupied territories.

Final month an explosion hit the Rostec-owned Solikamsk Ural gunpowder and explosives manufacturing unit .

The Iskander-M was used for a Russian strike on the Ukrainian SBU – safety service – headquarters in Dnipro on 29 July 2023.