In Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region, Ukrainian drones attacked the 711th aircraft repair plant.
On the night of April 9, in the city of Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region of the Russian Federation, several drones attacked the aviation training center for flight personnel training named after VP Chkalov. The Russians announced what appeared to be small strikes on educational buildings, but Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence and the media say the 711th aircraft repair plant is operating on the territory of center. What the business did was more than the story.
Night attack
According to the Russian public website Baza, one of the UAVs crashed in front of a building on the fourth floor around 3 am. An hour later, a second drone hit the same spot. As Astra clarified, both drones exploded. As a result of the “arrival,” the training center’s façade and glazing were damaged, but no casualties appeared to have been reported, Telegram channels added.
A number of other Russian media reported that the air center was attacked not by two, but by three UAVs. Allegedly, the first drone hit an administrative building, which did not receive serious damage. Two other drones were shot down by the air defense forces, the remains of one of them fell elsewhere.
Subsequently, the Russian Ministry of Defense traditionally reported about the “successful operation of the air defense system,” which at night shot down two Ukrainian drones in the regions of Belgorod and Voronezh. And the governor of the Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev, in turn, reported a drone destroyed in the region. According to him, “the consequences on the ground are being clarified.”
Power steering operation
The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andrey Yusov, indicated that his department was behind the attack in Borisoglebsk. He clarified that the attack hit the plane plant.
“This is what we can confirm from various sources. There was a rumble – we can also confirm it. We will not disclose the details, but, according to preliminary information, the main production capacity of the enterprise has been affected,” said by Yusov on Radio Kalayaan.
What is the plant arranged for?
Subsequently, experts from the military portal Defense Express found out what exactly the occupiers are fixing in the damaged business. According to their information, the 711th aircraft plant in Borisoglebsk is responsible for the repair and restoration of missiles, including the R-33, as well as the Kh-22 and Kh-55.
In addition, the company’s profile includes the repair of guidance equipment for cruise missiles X-55 and high-speed X-22 and ground radio stations such as R-844M, R-845M and other radio technical flight support systems.
Experts of the publication refer to the plant’s annual reports, the publication of which was suspended in 2021 due to the introduction of a total secrecy regime for government orders in the Russian Federation. At the same time, already at the end of the 2010s, the documents indicated the most vague categories of “arrangement of aircraft-guided weapons.”
“Because of the beginning of a full-scale invasion, the Russian Federation actively began to use Kh-55 and Kh-555 cruise missiles for attacks, as well as Kh-22, which had to be returned, probably the 711th ARZ. took a fairly active part in this work “, analysts added.
In general, it is not yet known what kind of drone the power steering was used, but Ukraine already has relatively large drones that can carry an explosive component of more than 100 kg.
Not the first blow
Russian public pages reported an attack on an aircraft repair plant in the city of Borisoglebsk on January 11 of this year. Then, according to their information, a drone fell on the business.
“As a result, the roof collapsed on the territory… There were no casualties,” said the publication ASTRA.
According to Governor Gusev, the drone “damaged the roof of a non-residential building in one of the municipalities of the Voronezh region.”
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Source: korrespondent
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