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Ukrainian Missile Strike on Russian Plant Disrupts Moscow Airports
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In Short: Both Euromaidanpress and DW reported that the Ukrainian missile strike on the electronics plant in Oryol caused significant disruptions at Moscow's main airports, highlighting the interconnectedness of military and civilian infrastructure in the conflict.
According to reports from Euromaidanpress (Ukraine) and DW (Germany), Ukrainian forces hit the Proton electronics plant in Oryol, Russia, on October 23, leading to significant disruptions at Moscow's main airports.
Euromaidanpress reported that the plant's products are used in the production of Iskander-M ballistic missiles, S-71 Kover missiles, and the Pantsir-S1 air defense system.
Meanwhile, DW noted that Moscow's Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Zhukovsky, and Vnukovo airports had to shut down operations almost daily in October.
The Moscow Times (United Kingdom) reported that at one point during the disruption, 69 flights across Moscow’s airports were listed as canceled and another 164 as delayed, according to the flight-tracking website Airports.ru.
Kyivindependent (Ukraine) stated that local residents heard at least four explosions near the Proton electronics plant, and civilian flights at all four of Moscow's main airports were suspended on the afternoon of October 23.
According to Rustourismnews, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency initially announced at around 8:00 a.m. that airport operations were resuming.
The Moscow Times also reported that St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport received 25 flights diverted from Moscow, the local news outlet Fontanka reported.
Both Euromaidanpress and DW reported that the Ukrainian missile strike on the electronics plant in Oryol caused significant disruptions at Moscow's main airports, highlighting the interconnectedness of military and civilian infrastructure in the conflict.
The sources agree that the Ukrainian missile strike on the Proton electronics plant in Oryol led to disruptions at Moscow's main airports, affecting civilian flights and causing delays and cancellations.
What this adds
The sources have not established the exact duration of the disruptions or the full extent of the damage to the airports and the electronics plant.
Background
Both Euromaidanpress and DW reported that the Ukrainian missile strike on the electronics plant in Oryol caused significant disruptions at Moscow's main airports, highlighting the interconnectedness of military and civilian infrastructure in the conflict.
What's confirmed
- Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russia's foreign ministry, said Moscow would respond in a "mirror-image" fashion to Germany's measures while the Russian embassy described the measures as an "unprecedented escalation in Russian-German relations".
What's still developing
- Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky and Sheremetyevo airports all halted operations overnight as authorities implemented emergency safety measures in response to what has been described as the largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow since the start of the full-scale war.
- Zelenskyy’s warning that Russian airspace is becoming dangerous is proving true: Russia temporarily restricted operations at 27 airports amid a massive drone attack.
- The overnight attack reportedly damaged at least six facilities, including two oil facilities, a data center serving the VKontakte social network, an Ozon logistics center, a bridge, and an electrical substation. russian officials also reported power outages and disruptions at Pulkovo Airport.
- Ukraine hit a major Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at Moscow airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since the start of the conflict more than four years ago, Russian officials said Thursday.
- A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany, close to Ukrainian cargo planes, on 4 August.
- Russian attacks on Kyiv and Boryspil international airports were “clearly” a reaction to the possibility of the US negotiators flying to Kyiv after talks in Moscow, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has said.
- Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the release of Hubbard during his meeting with Witkoff, adding that Hubbard had already been taken to the airport, Vesti reports.
- "Clearly, these Russian strikes on the airports are a reaction to the discussions and preparations for the possibility of the U.S. side using an aircraft to travel to Ukraine and land at Kyiv Airport or Boryspil Airport," he said on the Telegram app.
- Fox News contributor Brett Velicovich assesses the national security implications of a drone threat at a German airport on ‘The Will Cain Show.’ Germany has accused Russia of carrying out a failed drone sabotage operation at Leipzig/Halle Airport and announced Tuesday it would close Russian diplomatic facilities, escalating tensions after investigators linked Moscow to last month's attack.
- “Operation to strike Russian targets deep in swamps continues”: Ukrainian Commander Madiar says his unit hits 7,306 Russian troops in first half of October, up 59% on August.
- On October 18, Ukrainian FP-1 drones struck several russian oil and digital infrastructure facilities in and around St. Petersburg, according to Ukrainian defense company Fire Point.
- “Submitting an offer to work for…the intelligence service of a country that is at war with a country directly neighboring Poland, a country that is making quite extensive unfriendly gestures towards Poland, cannot be treated leniently,” said judge Artur Achrymowicz.
Sources
- Kyivindependentlink
- Rustourismnewslink
- Euromaidanpresslink
- Enlink
- Notesfrompolandlink
- AP Newslink
- BBClink
- Inkllink
- Kyivindependentlink
- Hindustan Timeslink
- Kyivpostlink
- Fox Newslink
- Thetimestribunelink
- DWlink
- The Moscow Timeslink
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- MIRROR NOW — video link