Ukrainian troops launched a drone attack on aircraft repair plant in Russia’s Novgorod region on Tuesday.
Facilities at the plant in Staraya Russia town were hit, including a hangar used to service Il-76 and L-410 aircraft. Being one of the largest enterprises in Novgorod in terms of state defence orders, the 123rd Aircraft Repair Plant specializes in repair and maintenance of both civilian and military aviation in Russia. It carries out a full cycle of aircraft system repairs and modernization. The extent of the damage to the facility is being verified.
The attack on aviation aircraft comes after successful operations carried out a successful operation targeting Russian facilities, including drone depots and supply bases in occupied territories in three regions of Ukraine. Thus, Ukrainian forces targeted a supply depot near the village of Osypenko; a UAV storage facility near Prymorsk in southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on March 15. On the same day, Ukrainian units carried out strikes on Russian personnel concentrations over the past day near Kupiansk in northeastern Kharkiv region, in the areas of Shakhove, Udachne, and Pokrovsk in eastern Donetsk and around Petrivka in the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region.
Earlier this month, Ukrainian troops hit Shaheed drone launch sites near Donetsk airport using ATACMS and SCALP missiles. A large-scale fire and secondary detonations were recorded as a result of the strike. Last month, the Ukrainian army deployed its Flamingo long-range missile in strikes on a major ammunition arsenal belonging to the Russian Defence Ministry near Kotluban in Volgograd region. The facility stores missiles, ammunition, and explosives and is considered one of the largest ammunition storage sites for the Russian army.
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