The production process is disrupted: we show on the map the Smolensk aircraft plant where the drones arrived

Where it is located Smolensk aircraft plant, where drones arrived/Collage 24 Channel

On October 1, Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian Smolensk aircraft plant. Kh-59 missiles were produced there.

Three of the four drones hit their target, causing significant damage. Where the Smolensk aircraft plant is located, where the UAVs arrived – Channel 24 will tell.

Where the Smolensk aircraft plant is located

Smolensk aviation The plant is located in Smolensk. Since the 1990s, it has been engaged in its own developments, but the main activity of the plant is the repair and maintenance of previously produced airliners, and the supply of components for other aviation enterprises.

Since 2004, it has been part of the Tactical Missiles Corporation.

On June 3, 2022, the company was included in the list of EU sanctions. And on March 24, 2022, the plant was included in the US sanctions list.

The company is also under sanctions from Japan, Canada, Ukraine and Switzerland.

Smolensk Aviation Plant on the map

Ukrainian drone strike on the Smolensk plant: what is known

• The State Intelligence Directorate reported that on October 1, as a result of a strike on the Smolensk aircraft plant the production process of the X-59 missiles of various modifications was disrupted.
• According to confirmed data, 3 out of 4 drones hit the target.
• The X-59 air-to-surface missile with a range of up to 280 kilometers is one of those with which Russian aerospace forces most often fire at military and civilian targets in Ukraine. The Chernigov, Sumy, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions suffer the most from the use of such weapons.