Drones hit Russian Izhevsk factory producing drones and Tor missile systems

Russian news outlet Astra reported the attack, citing local residents. According to them, one of the drones hit the factory’s workshop, where the occupiers produce drones.

“People should have thought earlier when drone factories were being built in the middle of the city,” said eyewitnesses.

The Udmurtia authorities confirmed an explosion in Izhevsk at Lenin Street, No. 101, where the factory workshop is located. The head of the region, Oleksandr Brechalov, stated that a drone fell on the factory workshop.

Brechalov said that the explosion shattered glass at the production site, but no significant damage occurred. The factory staff was evacuated, and one worker sustained injuries.

As later confirmed by Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), drones targeted the Izhevsk Electromechanical Kupol Factory.

According to Kovalenko, the factory produces Tor surface-to-air missile systems, radar stations, and other components for the Russian military.

On the night of Oct. 20, drones also attacked the Yakov Sverdlov factory in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, which was one of Russia’s largest producers of industrial explosives.

Sources in Ukrainian intelligence services reported to NV that the attack was organized by the SBU. According to Ukrainian officers, the factory is part of the Russian defense industry and is under EU and U.S. sanctions due to its products being used in Russia’s war against Ukraine.