Ukraine strikes defense plant in Russia, drone attack sets oil refinery ablaze
Ukrainian drones and missiles struck Russian regions and occupied Crimea overnight on June 10. Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defense forces shot down 326 drones.
Oleg Nikolayev, head of the Chuvash Republic, said Cheboksary came under a missile attack. The Telegram channel Astra, after analyzing videos and photographs posted on social media, reported that the strike hit the defense enterprise “VNIIR-Progress” in Cheboksary — a facility that has previously been targeted by drones and missiles on multiple occasions. According to the Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova, the city was struck with “Flamingo” missiles.
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In the Vladimir region, a Ukrainian drone attack ignited fires at two sites in the Kameshkovsky and Alexandrovsky districts, regional Governor Alexander Avdeyev said. There were no casualties.
Astra reported that the Kuybyshev oil refinery in Samara — one of the largest enterprises in the region’s oil sector, owned by Rosneft — caught fire following a Ukrainian drone attack. Authorities have not officially confirmed this. The region declared a missile and drone alert.
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