Overview

• Two Ukrainian drones crashed on the grounds of the VNIIR-Progress enterprise in Cheboksary, sparking a fire that halted work with no injuries reported.
• Chuvashia Governor Oleg Nikolayev said two additional drones fell in fields near Cheboksary and Krasnoarmeysky municipal districts.
• Russia’s defence ministry said its units shot down two drones over Chuvashia and destroyed 49 Ukrainian drones nationwide overnight.
• The VNIIR facility produces Kometa navigation modules used in multiple Russian cruise and ballistic missiles as well as reconnaissance and combat drones.
• The strike highlights Ukraine’s use of long-range drones to disrupt Russian electronic warfare production deep inside the Volga region.