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A Ukrainian drone strike hit a Russian semiconductor plant crucial for missile production, causing a fire. No comment from Moscow yet.
KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone attack hit a semiconductor devices plant in Russia's western Oryol region that supplies Russian fighter jet and missile producers, Ukraine's military said on Wednesday.
Ten drones had reached the target area and a fire had broken out, the military said on the Telegram messaging app.
It said the Bolkhovsky Semiconductor Devices Plant supplies various Russian enterprises, including some involved in the production of Iskander and Kinzhal missiles.
"This is one of the leading enterprises in the Russian Federation in the field of development and production of semiconductor devices and components," the statement said.
There was no immediate comment on the strike from Moscow, which began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Ukraine has increasingly hit back against regular Russian missile and drone attacks with a fleet of domestically produced drones.
(Reporting and writing by Anastasiia Malenko and Max Hunder, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
The Ukrainian military reported that a drone attack hit a semiconductor devices plant in Russia's Oryol region, which supplies various Russian enterprises, including those involved in missile production.
The Bolkhovsky Semiconductor Devices Plant supplies components for the production of Iskander and Kinzhal missiles.
According to the military, ten drones reached the target area during the attack.
The military reported that a fire broke out at the plant following the drone strike.
Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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