During the night, Russian territories and border areas have again been targeted by a wave of drone attacks, which have affected military, industrial infrastructure and sensitive energy targets. According to international media and reports confirmed by Ukrainian sources, the operations have included several regions deep inside Russia.
In Bryansk Oblast, Ukrainian troops have targeted the Monolit plant in Trubchevsk. According to data published by Ukrainska Pravda, the industrial complex came under attack, while the facility in question “specializes in the production of aircraft, including helicopters, spare parts and components for them, as well as in metal processing.”
Another military target hit was the Akhtubinsk airfield in Astrakhan Oblast. As the Kyiv Independent newspaper reports, citing social media observations, “at least 30 explosions” were heard at the scene, affecting aircraft parking areas and ammunition depots. The airbase is located approximately 650 kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled territory.
In parallel, damage has also been recorded in the Russian petrochemical sector. In the Republic of Tatarstan, a drone attack has caused a fire at the Nizhny Kama Neftekhim plant. According to the Astra channel, the analyzed footage shows a “large-scale fire” in the industrial area, while local authorities confirmed that a state of emergency has been declared and that “air defense operations are ongoing.” The complex in question is one of the largest in Europe for the production of synthetic rubber, plastics and ethylene.
In parallel developments in the Black Sea, Romanian media and the Kyiv Independent also reported that three merchant ships were hit by drones overnight, near the mouth of the Danube River in Romanian waters, in an incident that also involved merchant vessels sailing towards Ukraine.