Ukrainian media reported, citing eyewitness accounts, that the attack took place on the night from Friday to Saturday. Bryansk Oblast is located near the border with Ukraine.
Factory “Silica El” has been damaged by operation hostile combat drone. Ukrainska Pravda reported that this was at least the fourth such case of damage to the building.
The enterprise is crucial to Russian arms industry. It produces microelectronics installed in military equipment.
Russia-Ukraine. Drone attack. They damaged the factory
Local authorities provided limited information about the burning attic of a non-residential building and the efficient action of firefighters who they put out the fire. And in the morning – according to the services' reports – the drone was supposed to hit another non-residential building. In both cases, no casualties were reported.
In the factory “Kremny El” produced used parts, including: to create self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery and missile systems Pancyr and land-based short-range ballistic missiles Iskander.
Data from 2017 indicate that “Kremnyj El” created primarily for use by the Russian military. 94 percent microelectronics produced at that time was commissioned by the Ministry of Defense Russia.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda, Astra