{"id":6124,"date":"2025-05-07T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-hit-russian-fiber-optic-plant-in-saransk\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:01:11","slug":"ukrainian-drones-reportedly-hit-russian-fiber-optic-plant-in-saransk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-hit-russian-fiber-optic-plant-in-saransk\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drones reportedly hit Russian fiber optic plant in Saransk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/photo_2025-05-07_05-21-17-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian drones reportedly hit Russian fiber optic plant in Saransk\"><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian drones struck the Optic Fiber Systems plant in Saransk, Mordovia Republic, Russian independent outlet Astra reported on May 7.<\/p>\n<p>Two fires broke out in Saransk following the drone attack. One fire erupted at the Optic Fiber Systems plant, while the second ignited a few kilometers away, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/astrapress\/80693\">reportedly<\/a> at the Saranskkabel plant. <\/p>\n<p>Local residents told the pro-Kremlin Telegram channel Shot that several powerful explosions shook the city&#8217;s industrial district around 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fiber optic systems plant in Saransk was very seriously damaged after the strike,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/akovalenko1989\/9192\"><strong>Andrii Kovalenko<\/strong><\/a>, an official at Ukraine&#8217;s National Security and Defense Council, said on May 7.<\/p>\n<p>Kovalenko claimed the factory supplied the Russian army with materials for the production of fiber-optic drones, which are resistant to electronic warfare interference, and said the shutdown of the factory was now a possibility. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Optical Fiber Systems JSC plant on fire in Saransk after Ukrainian drone strike \u2014 ASTRA analysis<\/p>\n<p>According to ASTRA\u2019s analysis of eyewitness footage from one of the fires in Saransk, the city\u2019s optical fiber manufacturing plant is once again on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Optical Fiber Systems JSC\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sppeiNbTNi\">pic.twitter.com\/sppeiNbTNi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ASTRA (@ASTRA_PRESS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASTRA_PRESS\/status\/1919987766437253373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims. The potential consequences of the attack on the Saranskkabel plant remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p>The operational headquarters of Mordovia banned the publication of photos and videos showing the aftermath of the attack. <\/p>\n<p>The Optic Fiber Systems plant, with an annual capacity of 4 million kilometers of fiber, also supplies major Russian telecom operators. <\/p>\n<p>The facility was also targeted on April 4, when <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukrainian-drones-hit-russian-fiber-optic-factory-east-of-moscow\/\">Ukrainian drones<\/a> struck fiber-optic and explosives factories across <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saransk lies about 630 kilometers (around 390 miles) east of <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/moscow\/\">Moscow<\/a> and roughly 1000 kilometers (620 miles) from the nearest point on the Russia\u2013Ukraine border.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/kellogg-floats-ukraine-russia-demilitarized-zone-admits-putin-main-obstacle-to-ceasefire\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Kellogg says Ukraine proposed 30-km demilitarized buffer zone, admits Putin main obstacle to ceasefire<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg described the proposal as a buffer zone with both sides pulling back 15 kilometers, creating a 30-kilometer area monitored by observers from third countries.<\/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=\"Ukrainian drones reportedly hit Russian fiber optic plant in Saransk\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Tim Zadorozhnyy<\/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\/05\/GettyImages-2200848609-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian drones reportedly hit Russian fiber optic plant in Saransk\"><\/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\/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-hit-russias-only-optical-fiber-plant-in-saransk\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian drones struck the Optic Fiber Systems plant in Saransk, Mordovia Republic, Russian independent outlet Astra reported on May 7. Two fires broke out in Saransk following the drone attack. One fire erupted at the Optic Fiber Systems plant, while the second ignited a few kilometers away, reportedly at the Saranskkabel plant. 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