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Russia strikes Ukrainian UAV component factories in Kyiv-area mass strike

Published 19 October 2026

In an overnight combined strike on 18–19 October, Russian forces struck several Kyiv-area facilities the Russian defence ministry identified as drone manufacturing or supply nodes. Named targets include ‘Fire Point’, described as producing and storing components for long-range fixed-wing UAVs and engines for FP-5 Flamingo ground-launched cruise missiles; ‘Khimvolokno’, a plant reportedly making warhead components for long- and medium-range drones; and a locomotive depot holding FP-5 and FP-9 ballistic missile stocks. A polymer-materials plant in Irpin (‘Planeta Plastik’) supplying military-grade materials was also struck. The raid also used ballistic missiles, with one errant round damaging Kyiv metro track and severing traction power near Chernigovskaya station.

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