{"id":5515,"date":"2025-04-23T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/drone-attack-reported-in-russian-region-hosting-kamikaze-drone-factory\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:00:53","slug":"drone-attack-reported-in-russian-region-hosting-kamikaze-drone-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/drone-attack-reported-in-russian-region-hosting-kamikaze-drone-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone attack reported in Russian region hosting &#8216;kamikaze&#8217; drone factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Alabuga-23.png\" alt=\"Drone attack reported in Russian region hosting 'kamikaze' drone factory\"><\/p>\n<p>Russian air defenses on April 23 opened fire against drones in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia&#8217;s Tatarstan, the site of a Shahed-type drone factory, independent news channel Astra reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/astrapress\/79613\">Astra<\/a> and other Telegram channels shared purported footage of a drone being shot down. Shot channel identified the drones as Aeroprakt A-22 and UJ-22 Airborne unmanned aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russian<\/a> air defenses shot down one <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukrainian<\/a> airplane-type drone in Tatarstan at about 12:20 p.m. local time, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed, without providing further details or mentioning Alabuga.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian military has not commented on the claims, which could not be independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>Alabuga lies more than 1,000 kilometers (over 600 miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border. Ukrainian long-range drones <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraine-launches-long-range-attacks-on-russia-setting-shahed-type-drone-factory-as-a-target\/\">struck<\/a> the facility last April, aiming to disrupt Russian production of Shaheds and their Russian-made variants, Gerans, which are widely used in aerial attacks against Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Over 6,000 Shahed-type drones were produced in Alabuga last year, as well as thousands of decoy drones used to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses, said <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/akovalenko1989\/9143\">Andrii Kovalenko<\/a>, an official at Ukraine&#8217;s National Security and Defense Council.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year, Russia aims to produce 8,000-10,000 Shaheds\/Gerans and 15,000 decoys in Alabuga,&#8221; Kovalenko said.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the full-scale war, Ukrainian long-range drones have targeted Russia&#8217;s industrial and military facilities deep in the rear to undermine its ability to wage its all-out war.<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d21935.584489389563!2d52.07595238429317!3d55.84434855557042!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x415f89b4dc70942d%3A0x47ce5b0e2a2885e2!2sOsobaya%20Ekonomicheskaya%20Zona%20Alabuga!5e0!3m2!1sen!2scz!4v1745405494483!5m2!1sen!2scz\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/chechen-scholar-ukraine-might-bring-an-end-to-russias-imperial-mindset\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Chechen scholar: Russia\u2019s cowardly violence in Ukraine is driven by desperation<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the region as a loyal vassal of Vladimir Putin. It evokes images of a turbulent, fear-stricken state at the mercy of the Kremlin\u2019s whims. Yet, Chechnya\u2019s story is far more<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Drone attack reported in Russian region hosting 'kamikaze' drone factory\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Kate Tsurkan<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/chechens-thor-maga-flag-kyiv-2.jpg\" alt=\"Drone attack reported in Russian region hosting 'kamikaze' drone factory\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/drone-attack-reported-in-russian-region-hosting-kamikaze-drone-factory\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian air defenses on April 23 opened fire against drones in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia&#8217;s Tatarstan, the site of a Shahed-type drone factory, independent news channel Astra reported. Astra and other Telegram channels shared purported footage of a drone being shot down. Shot channel identified the drones as Aeroprakt A-22 and UJ-22<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/drone-attack-reported-in-russian-region-hosting-kamikaze-drone-factory\/\"> [&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1152,1],"tags":[5799,873,1253,5800,768,35,1919,1330,587],"class_list":["post-5515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kyivindependent","category-news","tag-kamikaze","tag-attack","tag-drone","tag-factory","tag-hosting","tag-in","tag-region","tag-reported","tag-russian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drone attack reported in Russian region hosting &#039;kamikaze&#039; drone factory - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/drone-attack-reported-in-russian-region-hosting-kamikaze-drone-factory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drone attack reported in Russian region hosting &#039;kamikaze&#039; drone factory - News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russian air defenses on April 23 opened fire against drones in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia&#8217;s Tatarstan, the site of a Shahed-type drone factory, independent news channel Astra reported. 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