KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday its drones struck a Russian fighter aircraft plant in the Moscow region and a missile production facility in the Tula region, causing explosions and fires at both.
Ukraine’s military said on Telegram the aviation facility in the town of Lukhovitsy, about 135 km (84 miles) southeast of Moscow, produced MiG fighters. The other site was the Instrument Design Bureau, which specialised in producing anti-aircraft missiles and missile-gun systems, it said.
“Defence forces continue to take all steps to undermine the military and economic potential of the Russian occupiers and force Russia to stop its armed aggression against Ukraine,” said Ukraine’s military.
The Russian defence ministry said that 155 Ukrainian drones were downed between 11 p.m. on Thursday (2000 GMT) and 7 a.m. on Friday, including 11 bound for Moscow.
Dmitry Milyaev, Tula regional governor, said on Telegram that one person was killed and another injured in a Ukrainian attack on the region, around 200 km (124 miles) south of Moscow.
Reuters could not confirm the claims by either side.
Both Russia and Ukraine have conducted frequent aerial attacks on targets far behind the front lines where fighting has raged for nearly three-and-a-half years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
(Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka and Olena Harmash; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
