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Ukraine Strikes Russian Titanium Plant Deep Inside Russia

9:21 AM ETConfirmed

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In Short: The AVISMA plant, located approximately 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine’s border, produces titanium materials used in aviation and aerospace manufacturing, including military aircraft, engines, missiles, and space technology.

Ukrainian forces struck the AVISMA chemical and metallurgical plant in Berezniki, Perm Krai, early on October 25, according to Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+. The attack injured five workers, with Russian authorities reporting one civilian death and 14 injuries.

The AVISMA plant, located approximately 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine’s border, produces titanium materials used in aviation and aerospace manufacturing, including military aircraft, engines, missiles, and space technology.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that air defenses intercepted and destroyed 532 Ukrainian drones overnight across 23 Russian regions and over the Sea of Azov, according to TASS.

Romanian Defense Minister Radu Miruta stated that the intercepted drones were flying at 450 km/h, suggesting they were Russian-made Geran-4 drones with a turboprop engine.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense reported striking seven strategic facilities in Russia over the past week, including six oil refineries and a plant producing electronic components for weapons, with targets ranging from 200 to 1,600 kilometers from Ukraine.

In July, a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile breached Polish airspace and crashed in eastern Poland, about 80 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian airspace was becoming dangerous, leading Russia to temporarily restrict operations at 27 airports amid a massive drone attack.

What this adds

Background

What's confirmed

• A drone attack damaged an industrial facility in Russia’s Perm Krai early on 25 October, injuring five workers, Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+ reported.

What's still developing

• The plant also manufactures methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive used to increase octane ratings, as well as phenol and acetone.
• “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.
• The Kyiv Independent Live in London: October 2 A Russian drone struck near the Yahodyn border crossing in Ukraine's Volyn Oblast, several hundred meters from the Polish border, Ukrainian and Polish officials said on Sept. 28.
• Four days earlier, on Sept. 13, a Russian drone hit a truck about 800 meters (0.5 miles) from the Polish border near the same crossing.
• Ukraine launched what officials described as its deepest-ever drone attack into Russia on Wednesday, targeting industrial facilities in the Arctic region more than 3,000 kilometers (1,865 miles) from the Ukrainian border. ‼️For the first time!
• Russia’s Novy Urengoy condensate processing plant in the Yamalo-Nenets region—one of their largest gas condensate facilities, handling up to 19.5M tons of raw material annually to keep their… pic.twitter.com/NfeeuHuT7u The previous known record for an FP-1 strike came in July, when a drone hit an oil refinery in Omsk, southwestern Siberia, about 1,550 miles from Ukraine.
• Russian forces launched strikes near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing along Ukraine’s western border with Poland on Sunday morning, Sept. 13, damaging a filling station and hitting the locomotive of a passenger train en route to Warsaw.
• The bombardment struck within two kilometers of the Polish border in the Volyn region, sparking a sharp diplomatic warning from Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, who described the cross-border escalation as Russian terror “knocking directly at the doors of the EU and NATO.” Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine's recent attacks on data centers of Russian tech giant Yandex have lowered the number of Internet bots promoting pro-Kremlin hate, a claim that has been disputed by many technology researchers.
• Speaking at the opening day of the Warsaw Security Forum on October 12, Zelenskyy said that after Ukraine's attacks on the data centers "it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms."
• The airfield is located roughly 500 kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled territory.
• 18, Romanian Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Radu Miruta said : “The ones from last night were flying ​at 450 km/h, which leads us to think they were Russian-made Geran-4 drones with a turboprop ​engine.” “This is the first time we’ve shot down drones like these.” Geran-4 drones are an evolved variant of the ubiquitous Geran-2, which is the Russian designation for Iran’s Shahed 136.

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• WarpBeat — background on Ukraine Strikes St. Petersburg With Drones, Damaging Oil Terminal and Data Center link
• public domain / DVIDS — video link