The same night, a Russian oil depot in Voronezh Oblast reportedly caught fire as a result of the drone attack.Russian authorities said there were no casualties as a result of the attack in Tambov Oblast and that the roof of a house was damaged by drone debris. It is not immediately clear whether the plant suffered any damage due to the attack.The Kuzmino-Gat gunpowder factory is "one of the key facilities of the Russian military-industrial complex involved in the war against Ukraine," said Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation department at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council."The gunpowder produced here is used for various types of small arms, artillery, and rocket launchers." The plant also produces colloxylin, which is used to manufacture explosives and other products, Kovalenko added.Kuzmino-Gat lies roughly 450 kilometers (280 miles) east of the Russia-Ukraine border.The Kyiv Independent could not verify all the claims.The news comes amid Ukraine's escalating drone campaign targeting Russian military and industrial facilities in the rear.
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