Drone attack on Russia: explosions heard in Tula and near Moscow, arms factories targeted – video
Russian authorities have reported that several Russian regions have been hit by a large-scale drone attack. Explosions have been heard in Kursk Oblast, the city of Tula in Tula Oblast, and Dubna, near Moscow, where the Kronshtadt drone manufacturing plant is located.
Source: Astra Telegram channel; Kursk Oblast Governor Alexander Khinshtein; Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; Tula Oblast Governor Dmitry Milyayev; Lipetsk Oblast Governor Igor Artamonov; Taganrog Mayor Svetlana Kambulova; Russian Defence Ministry on Telegram
Details: According to Khinshtein, the drone attack began late in the evening of 10 July.
"Ukrainian UAVs attacked the Pselskoye LLC facility in the village of Maloye Soldatskoye in the Belaya district. A fire broke out in the production premises of the facility where machinery was located," he said, adding that no one was injured.
Khinshtein later reported that the settlement of Imeni Karla Libknekhta in the Kurchatov district had also been attacked.
"A strike on a facility has caused a fire to break out at a warehouse containing timber, covering an area of about 50 sq m. Fire crews are at the scene, working to extinguish the open flames, dousing the area and dismantling the structures. There are no casualties," Khinshtein reported.
At about 01:00, the Astra Telegram channel reported that flight restrictions had been introduced at Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport.
Explosions had been heard in Dubna in Moscow Oblast. According to local residents, UAVs attacked the Kronshtadt drone manufacturing plant, which had previously been targeted in May 2025.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed that air defences had destroyed one drone that was heading towards Moscow.
"Emergency services are working at the site of the wreckage," he said.
Residents of Lukhovitsy, a town in Moscow Oblast, also reported a drone attack overnight. Astra noted that the P.A. Voronin Lukhovitsk Aviation Plant and a local oil depot are located near the reported scene of the attack. It remains unclear which facility was targeted.
Момент вибуху у місті Луховиці Московської області. Там розташовані Луховицький авіаційний завод ім. П.А. Вороніна і місцева нафтобаза. Відео з Telegram-каналу Astra. Обережно: на відео є багато нецензурної лексики pic.twitter.com/oqUTrNY0pt
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Residents of Tula also reported a large number of explosions. The Proletarsky district, where three of the largest defence industry facilities in the Russian Federation are based, was particularly affected. All of the facilities have been attacked before, in May and June 2025.
Вибухи у Тулі, де розташовані 3 найбільші підприємства оборонної промисловості РФ: перше розробляє високоточну керовану зброю, друге виготовляє РСЗВ, третє – керовану зброю та системи ППО. Відео з Telegram‑каналу Astra. Обережно: на відео присутня нецензурна лексика pic.twitter.com/Bnx5LxZ9ow
— Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) July 11, 2025
After geolocating eyewitness videos, Astra concluded that the drones may have been targeting one of the following facilities: the Instrument Design Bureau, which develops precision-guided weapons; Splav Research and Production Association, which produces multiple-launch rocket systems; or Shcheglovsky Val, a major defence business which develops guided weapons for ground forces, air defence systems, and firearms.
There is no confirmed information on the consequences of the attacks.
The Instrument Design Bureau was previously attacked by UAVs on 18 and 20 June. On 18 June, an electrical substation, three product storage facilities and an office building were damaged. On 20 June, a drone hit a storage facility used for loading finished products, reportedly damaging its roof and walls. The facility suspended operations.
Drones attacked Shcheglovsky Val on 25 May, damaging the roof and windows of one of the plant's workshops.
Splav was attacked by drones on 7 and 22 May. During the second of the two strikes, an operating workshop was hit and an electrical substation caught fire.
Tula Oblast Governor Dmitry Milyayev has confirmed the attack on Tula Oblast.
He claimed that 13 UAVs had been downed over the region and said one person had been killed and another injured.
Svetlana Kambulova, Mayor of Taganrog (Russia’s Rostov Oblast), reported that "the debris of a UAV fell on the territory of the PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company".
The Beriev Aircraft Company in Taganrog is an aircraft manufacturing plant specialising in the development, serial production, modernisation and repair of amphibious aircraft and special-purpose aircraft systems. The plant also carries out major repairs of aircraft belonging to the Russian Navy and the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Lipetsk Oblast Governor Igor Artamonov reported that a drone had "crash-landed" onto the grounds of an agricultural business in the Khlevnoye district, causing a fire that was quickly extinguished. One person was killed and another injured.
The Russian Defence Ministry has claimed that air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 155 Ukrainian drones.
Specifically, 53 drones were said to have been destroyed over Kursk Oblast, 19 over Bryansk Oblast, 15 over Smolensk Oblast, 14 over Belgorod Oblast, 13 over Tula Oblast, 11 over each of Oryol and Moscow oblasts, four over Lipetsk Oblast, two over each of Rostov and Kaluga oblasts, seven over temporarily occupied Crimea, and four over the Black Sea.
The defence ministry did not disclose the total number of drones involved in the attack, reporting only the number they claim were intercepted. No information on the consequences of the attack has been provided.
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