Fire erupts after defense plant in Russia's Cheboksary targeted in missile attack - VIDEO
A fire broke out in the Russian city of Cheboksary following a reported missile attack that may have targeted the VNIIR-Progress defense plant, News.Az reports, citing Ukrainska Pravda.
Oleg Nikolayev, head of Russia’s Chuvash Republic, confirmed that Cheboksary had come under a missile attack.
While Nikolayev did not provide details regarding the impact or damage caused by the strike, photos and videos circulated on Russian Telegram channels showed a fire burning in the city in the aftermath of the attack.
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According to an Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) assessment conducted by Astra, the facility targeted in the strike was the VNIIR-Progress defence plant.
The reported attack follows a previous strike on the same facility. On May 5, a Ukrainian missile hit the VNIIR-Progress defence plant in Cheboksary.
By Nijat Babayev
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