The russian city of Kazan, located in the Republic of Tatarstan, came under a drone attack on the night of Monday, January 20.
According to russian Telegram channels, explosions were heard, according to preliminary data, in the area of the Kazan Aviation Plant named after Gorbunov. Meanwhile, local residents reported hearing several explosions across multiple districts of the city.
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Against this backdrop, the airport in Tatarstan’s capital temporarily suspended flight arrivals and departures. As stated by Rosaviatsiya, these measures were introduced “to ensure the safety of civil aircraft flights.” The airport in Nizhnekamsk also restricted its operations.
The head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andrii Kovalenko, also reported explosions in Kazan.
According to open sources, the Kazan Aviation Plant named after Gorbunov is one of the largest enterprises in russia’s aviation industry. It produces Tu-160 and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers.
One of the possible targets of the strikes could have been the Kazan Helicopter Plant. The plant is a key enterprise of russia’s military defense industry and specializes in producing Mi-8/17, Ansat, and Mi-38 helicopters.
The plant’s products are widely used by the russian army in its war against Ukraine, which is why the enterprise is under sanctions imposed by the European Union, the United States, Canada, Ukraine, Japan, Switzerland, and other countries.
Earlier, Defense Express reported that the Ukrainian Defense Forces had delivered a precision strike on the Bryansk Chemical Plant. The Ukrainian military emphasized that this plant is a strategic facility of the russian military-industrial complex, as it produces gunpowder and explosives for artillery ammunition.
Thanks to the long-range strike on the night of January 8, it was possible to hit a rather specific military facility of strategic importance. This was the Krystal Plant state reserve storage facility, which stores fuel for the russian Engels strategic aviation airbase. The fire could not be extinguished for several days, and on January 14, the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck again, after which the fire at the oil depot flared up with renewed force.
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