Early in the morning of May 28, Ukrainian long-range attack drones successfully struck the JSC Kronshtadt military-industrial enterprise in the russian science town of Dubna, in the north of Moscow region. The company specializes in making unmanned aerial systems, such as the Orion reconnaissance and combat drones. In addition, it has recently begun to produce long-range attack weapons, e.g. the Banderol cruise missile.
Locals filmed multiple Ukrainian Liutyi kamikaze drones land a series of precise hits on an industrial facility with Kronshtadt's logo (KT) painted on its walls.
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Ukrainian Drones struck the facility where Russian Orion and Sirius UAVs are produced in Dubna, Moscow Oblast, located 530km from UkraineThe production of X-101 cruise missiles is also nearby in Dubna pic.twitter.com/4YFD5eAh8o — Ukraine Battle Map (@ukraine_map) May 28, 2025
Another video, taken after the hit, captured a powerful fire raging inside one of the plant's workshops. It is visible that the outer metal lining was torn off and bent outward, indicating an explosion had occurred inside the room.
A major fire can be seen burning at the Kronshtadt Production and Dubna Machine-Building Plant in the town of Dubna to the north of Moscow, which produces both drones and cruise missiles for the Russian Armed Force, following this morning’s large-scale drone attack by Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/pj0Vv8gyxu — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 28, 2025
Particularly noteworthy, it was the newest production facilities of Kronstadt, launched in 2022, that came under attack. Basically, it was a completely new enterprise that consumed more than $53 million of investments.
The idea behind building the factory in Dubna was to utilize the synergy with two other enterprises located nearby. First is the Dubnensky Machine-Building Plant, bought by Kronshtadt in 2020. Some sources claim the Ukrainian attacks targeted this facility, too.
The other is the Raduga State Machine-Building Design Bureau where the Kh-101, Kh-59, Kh-69 cruise missiles, and the Kh-32 high-speed missile are produced.
Theoretically, this enterprise — and the whole of Dubna in general — was supposed to have utmost air defense cover, considering their strategic value. However, in the footage from the site all that is recorded is anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns at work.
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