Moscow rocked by drone strikes targeting refinery, airport and tech park
Photo: Russian emergency worker (Getty Images)
As a result of the drone attack on Moscow and the Moscow region, targets such as a technology park, an enterprise, an oil refinery, an airport, and an oil products loading station were hit, according to Russian Telegram channels and OSINT projects.
Specifically, this refers to the Elma technology park and the Angstrem enterprise, located in Zelenograd — one of Moscow’s districts. Footage from both locations shows fires and thick smoke.
The main activities of the resident enterprises of the technology park include: manufacturing electronic products, producing control and measuring instruments, optical equipment, and so on.
#Moscow rocked by drone strikes targeting refinery, airport and a tech parkhttps://t.co/peKPAXORXJ pic.twitter.com/sshYc5474y
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The total area of the technology park in Zelenograd is 60,000 m², with a land plot of 6 hectares.
Loading station, plant, airport
Public channels also reported that the oil products loading station Solnechnogorskaya in the village of Durikino — in the Moscow region — was hit by drone strikes on the night of Sunday.
OSINT channels also wrote about an attack on the MKB Raduga plant, also located in the Moscow region. MKB Raduga is a Russian engineering design bureau specializing in the development of cruise missiles and other missile technology.
Moscow rocked by drone strikes targeting refinery, airport and tech park (photo: t.me/supernova_plus)
Moscow rocked by drone strikes targeting refinery, airport and tech park (photo: t.me/supernova_plus)
Moscow rocked by drone strikes targeting refinery, airport and tech park (photo: t.me/supernova_plus)
The operation of Sheremetyevo Airport also had to be suspended due to the massive drone attack. The footage shows a small fire and thick, black smoke near the airport.
Moscow rocked by drone strikes targeting refinery, airport and tech park (photo: t.me/exilenova_plus)
For context, on the night of May 17, unknown drones massively attacked Moscow and the Moscow region. Russians repeatedly complained about explosions, and before that, there were also loud sounds in occupied Crimea.
Also, recently, an unknown drone crashed into an apartment building on Mosfilmovskaya Street in Moscow. Local authorities reported no casualties.
