Ukraine strikes key Russian explosives manufacturer, general staff says

Ukraine has struck a manufacturer of military explosives deep inside Russian territory overnight, as well as storage infrastructure at a military airfield in the Lipetsk region, Kyiv's General Staff has said in a statement. For their part, Russian air defence units downed 110 Ukrainian drones over the country, Russia's Ministry of Defence said Sunday, including one over the Moscow region, 43 over the border region of Kursk, and 27 over the southwestern Lipetsk region. The Russian SHOT Telegram channel reported that drones attempted to strike the Ya. The explosives plant, one of the largest manufacturers of its kind used by Russian forces in the war that Moscow launched against Ukraine in February 2022, is subject to sanctions by the United States and the European Union. Such large-scale aerial attacks are still relatively rare on Russia. Kyiv's General Staff said in a post on Telegram the Sverdlov factory had been making chemical components for artillery ammunition and aerial bombs, adding that it was still assessing the damage from its attack.