Drone attack reported in Russian region hosting 'kamikaze' drone facto

Details: Written by: Martin Fornusek; 23.Apr; Hits: 26

Russian air defenses on April 23 opened fire against drones in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia's Tatarstan, the site of a Shahed-type drone factory, independent news channel Astra reported.Astra and other Telegram channels shared purported footage of a drone being shot down.

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Shot channel identified the drones as Aeroprakt A-22 and UJ-22 Airborne unmanned aircraft.Russian air defenses shot down one Ukrainian airplane-type drone in Tatarstan at about 12:20 p.m. local time, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed, without providing further details or mentioning Alabuga.The Ukrainian military has not commented on the claims, which could not be independently verified.Alabuga lies more than 1,000 kilometers (over 600 miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border. Ukrainian long-range drones struck the facility last April, aiming to disrupt Russian production of Shaheds and their Russian-made variants, Gerans, which are widely used in aerial attacks against Ukraine. Over 6,000 Shahed-type drones were produced in Alabuga last year, as well as thousands of decoy drones used to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses, said Andrii Kovalenko, an official at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.

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