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Fire devoured Russian plants that make shooting powder for cruise rockets

According to a Ukrainian publication, a fire has a chemical work that produces explosives for the Russian military.

Newsweek has contacted the Russian Foreign Ministry for a comment by e -mail.

Why is it important

Ukraine, which mainly uses drones, has affected Russian military sites that support the continuing aggression of the country throughout the conflict.

What to know?

In the Bryansk Chemical, a facility in a western region of Russia is around 75 miles from the border to Ukraine, a fire triggered in which the Moscow military industry was presented.

The chemical plant produces shooting powder for Russia's KH-59 cruise wing. According to the Odessa Journal, the explosives and components for rocket fuel, including ammunition for barrel artillery, are several start rocket systems, aviation and remote mining systems.

FOCUS said that NASA companies satellite images that enable users to interact with fire data via their fire card that the chemical system was in flames.

The flame began on Monday on the territory of the chemical system in Bryansk, according to the data of the NASA company portal, it said.

The governor of Bryansk, Alexander Bogomaz, said that three drones in the region were depressed on Monday and did not report victims or damage.

Ukraine has drone attacks on institutions in Russia that play a role in facilitating the country's war efforts. These goals include airfields, military facilities, ammunition depots and warehouses as well as oil centers and refineries that have delivered the military of Vladimir Putin with fuel in the ongoing conflict.

Ukraine did not comment on the last attack.

The Bryansk chemical plant was targeted in an attack in January, whereby Russian and Ukrainian sources reported that Kyiv used the US long-distance tactics rocket systems (ATACMS).

However, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that the attack was also used to use atacms, said that everyone was intercepted.

What people say

Governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, Said on Monday on the telegram: “Last night discovered and destroyed the air defense forces of the Russian Ministry of Defense [unmanned aerial vehicles] About the Bryansk region. There were no victims or damage. Operating and emergency services work on site. “

What happens next

The Ukrainian attacks on Russian military and industrial plants will exist in the course of the war.

Both Ukraine and Russia intensify their efforts to secure the advantages of the battlefield from potential peace negotiations that could be facilitated by President Donald Trump during the current term.

In conversation with the BBC in comments that were published last week, Trump said that he believes that Russia has the upper hand in all negotiations because Putin's armed forces have “taken a lot of territory”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin Cat the Konstantin Palace in Strela, St. Petersburg, on February 18, 2025.

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