Night drone attack on Russia. Tula factory producing Pantsyr-S air defense systems attacked
On the night of January 21, drones attacked a number of regions in Russia – Tula, Orel, and Smolensk.
Drone attacks in Tula and Orel regions
On Sunday night, residents of the Tula region reported hearing a loud ” bang”.
One of the Tula Telegram channels, citing information from local residents, wrote that the explosion was heard on Williams and Khvorostukhin streets, as well as in the Zelenbud area and the Livoberezhny neighborhood.
Another public information source reports that explosions occurred in Kryvoluchchya and Kyriyivske.
– Proletarsky district. “The sky was just filled with orange-red light (like a flash, only slowly and very brightly), and then there was a pop,” the message says.
Updated at 10:50 a.m. According to Suspilne, citing sources in the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the Shcheglovsky Val plant, one of the largest defense industry enterprises in Russia, was attacked in Tula.
The plant assembles Pantsir-S and Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile systems, which are designed for close cover of civilian and military targets.
The drone also flew to the Oryol region. It was allegedly shot down there.
Explosions in the Smolensk region
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on the elimination of a drone in the Smolensk region.
– An unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by regular air defense systems over the territory of the Smolensk region,” the statement said.
In addition, at night in the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation, the terminal of the Sea Trade Port caught fire, before which two explosions were heard.
As a reminder, Russia has recently been attacked by drones quite often. On the morning of January 20, the Bryansk region of Russia was attacked by a drone. It was allegedly shot down over the Klintsy district, where emergency services have been unable to extinguish a large-scale fire at the Klintsy oil depot for two days.
