A source from the Security Service of Ukraine told the Kyiv independent on October 20 that Ukrainian drones had struck Russia’s largest explosives plant overnight.
Sources said that the drones were targeting the large Sverdlov Plant, owned by the Russian state and located in Dzerzhinsk, a city in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. This is about 900 kilometers into Russia.
The U.S. State Department has sanctioned the plant since 2023 for its “acquisition of goods to support Russia’s war efforts.” The U.S. stated in a press statement when the sanctions were announced that the factory produces explosives and industrial chemicals as well as detonators, ammunition, and detonators.
The source told Kyiv Independent the plant produces aviation and munitions shells, artillery bombs and warheads which help Russia continue its war against Ukraine.
Source: The operation was carried out by the SBU in collaboration with the HUR, Ukraine’s military Intelligence agency, and the Special Operations Forces.
The Kyiv independent could not independently verify this report.
Outmanned and outgunned, Ukraine has turned to home-made drones to try and exhaust Russian combat abilities as much as possible, from afar. These drones are targeting Russian military industrial complex facilities, airbases, or oil refineries.
It is difficult to verify whether the reports are true and the extent of the damage.
The Kyiv Independent quoted a source from the SBU as saying, “The SBU is working on strengthening sanctions against the Sverdlov Plant.”
“We added drones as part of the economic sanctions that have an immediate effect.” The work to reduce the enemy’s capabilities will continue.
On October 9, the General Staff of Ukraine reported that earlier in October, a Ukrainian drone struck a Russian weapons storage depot in Bryansk Oblast storing North Korean ammunition.
In September, Estonian Colonel Ants Kivieselg, the head of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center said that Ukraine’s drone attack on the arms depot located in Russia’s Tver oblast destroyed two or three months worth of munitions.
Sources told the Kyiv Independent that drones were used to target the large Sverdlov Plant, owned by the state and located in Dzerzhinsk, a city in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. This is about 900 kilometers into Russia.
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