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In the night against 19 of August 2026, drones carried out a massive attack on the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation, where one of the key enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex—FKP "Plant named after Ya. M. Sverdlov"—came under strike.
This is reported by Delo.ua citing material from The Moscow Times.
After a series of explosions over the city, a dense plume of smoke was observed. OSINT analysts, with high probability, determined that the source of the smoke was precisely the plant's territory. During the raid, one of the drones also hit a residential multi-story building in Dzerzhinsk, several kilometers from the plant.
Strategic significance of the plant
The Sverdlov Plant is a strategic defense-chemical facility with a 100-year history and one of the largest producers of explosive substances in Russia:
Sanctions status: the plant is under sanctions by Ukraine, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Switzerland for supporting the armed aggression against Ukraine.
Repeat strike: this is already the second successful attack on the plant in recent months — a previous drone raid on this facility was recorded in 30 April 2026 of this year.
Other targets of the night attack
In addition to Dzerzhinsk, during the night drones also hit industrial facilities in Ufa (Bashkortostan), where a fire was recorded in an industrial zone, the city of Novomoskovsk in the Tula region, and approaches to Moscow.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, from the evening 18 to the morning 19 of August, air defense allegedly shot down 453 drones over the 21 region of the Russian Federation and temporarily occupied Crimea.
Recall that earlier it was reported that strikes on the oil refinery triggered a fuel crisis in the 16 regions of the Russian Federation. Gas stations are introducing limits or completely stopping the sale of gasoline due to a sharp shortage of petroleum products.
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