Airports shut in Moscow, blasts hit power plant and chemical factory: What's known about the attack in Russia
Photo: Russia was attacked by drones all night long (Getty Images)
On the night of December 11, drones launched a massive attack on Russian territory. There are likely to be casualties in several regions, according to the Russian Telegram channel ASTRA.
Damage to energy and industrial facilities in Russia
The drones hit the Dorogobuzh Thermal Power Plant, located in the Smolensk region of Russia. This thermal power plant has an electrical capacity of about 90 MW and a thermal capacity of over 240 Gcal/hour.
The station provides energy to both industrial facilities and residential infrastructure in the region.
There are also reports of an attack on the Acron chemical plant in Veliky Novgorod, Russia.
Photo: Acron mineral fertilizer plant attacked in Veliky Novgorod (t.me/astrapress)
Photo: Acron mineral fertilizer plant attacked in Veliky Novgorod (t.me/astrapress)
Photo: Acron mineral fertilizer plant attacked in Veliky Novgorod (t.me/astrapress)
The company is one of the largest producers of mineral fertilizers in Russia, producing nitrogen and complex fertilizers, and has its own division for managing a fleet of railway cars. The company also produces ammonium nitrate, which is used in both the civilian and military sectors.
Consequences of the attack on Voronezh
In Voronezh, power lines were damaged as a result of the drone attack. Electricity and heat supplies were temporarily cut off in the left-bank part of the city.
The local governor said that on the evening of December 10 and the night of December 11, air defense forces allegedly destroyed seven UAVs and one “high-speed air target” over the city and four districts of the region.
The debris damaged power lines, an administrative building, and the windows of several residential buildings. An elevator was damaged in one of the buildings, and 80 people were temporarily evacuated.
The OSINT group of ASTRA reports that the damaged high-rise buildings are located about a kilometer from the city's thermal power plant and the Voronezhsintezkauchuk enterprise.
Photo: ASTRA's OSINT analysis showed that residential buildings in Voronezh are located one kilometer from the thermal power plant (t.me/astrapress)
Photo: ASTRA's OSINT analysis showed that residential buildings in Voronezh are located one kilometer from the thermal power plant (t.me/astrapress)
Photo: ASTRA's OSINT analysis showed that residential buildings in Voronezh are located one kilometer from the thermal power plant (t.me/astrapress)
Drone attack on Moscow
Unknown drones also attacked Moscow. According to the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergey Sobyanin, Russian air defense forces shot down 32 drones flying towards Moscow on the evening of December 10. He did not provide any details about the consequences of the attacks, stating only that “emergency services specialists are working at the crash site.”
Due to the massive drone attack, all Moscow airports — Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, and Zhukovsky — implemented the Carpet plan.
The airports were closed for arrivals and departures for more than seven hours.
In total, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 287 Ukrainian drones were allegedly shot down over Russian regions on the night of December 11, including:
- 118 - Bryansk region
- 40 - Kaluga region
- 40 - Moscow region, including 32 UAVs heading for Moscow
- 27 - Tula region
- 19 - Novgorod region
- 11 - Yaroslavl region
- 10 - Lipetsk region
- 6 - Smolensk region
- 5 - Kursk region
- 5 - Oryol region
- 4 - Voronezh region
- 2 - Ryazan region.
On the evening of December 10, a series of explosions occurred in the Russian cities of Belgorod and Voronezh amid a missile and drone attack, after which a partial blackout began in the cities.
