Drones attack two alcohol factories in the Tula oblast of Russia

22 October, 2024 Ukrainian "Lyutyi" attack drone in the sky over the Russian Federation, March 2024 On the night of Tuesday, October 22, drones attacked two Russian alcohol factories in the Tula region. Dmitry Milyaev, governor of the region, reported on this.

The videos from eyewitnesses are also published on Telegram channels. According to local residents, at least two powerful explosions occurred in the city of Yefremov at night with an interval of three minutes. Residents of the Russian city heard the first at 02:10 am and the second at 02:13 am local time.

Later, at around four in the morning, the governor of the Tula region claimed that the premises of the Efremov alcohol factory and the alcohol factory in the village of Luzhkovsky, Suvorov district, were allegedly damaged by Ukrainian drones. According to him, there are no casualties, and emergency services are working on the ground. The situation is allegedly under control.

Eyewitness videos posted on social media show a fire that started as a result of the UAV attack.

The city of Efremov, Tula region, on the map

At the same time, the Russian public pages spread information that the drones could have hit a local synthetic rubber plant or a local thermal power plant at night. However, there is currently no information on this. Previously, the Russian microelectronics plant Kremnyi El in Bryansk stopped production after the attack by Ukrainian drones.

The night attack on October 19 on the plant's production and administrative buildings disrupted the power supply, damaged specialty energy facilities, and interrupted production chains.

Strike aftermath on a microelectronics factory. On the left is a picture from October 18, on the right is from October 21, 2024.

Photo: Sentinel

Publicly available low-resolution satellite images taken on October 21 show signs of damage to the plant's production facilities.

The Kremniy EL plant is one of the largest microelectronics manufacturers in Russia.

Its products are used, among other things, for military purposes.