Local governments and media have reported on Friday that the Russian West Brasses’ Clemniel Microchip Plant has stopped production following one of Ukraine’s largest drone strikes since the beginning of the war.
“Six drones on the night of January 24 (attacked Kremniy EL), damages a part of the production facility and the finished warehouse,” he told the National Newsletter TASS.
Kremniy EL stated that the attack has confused the factory power and assembly line, but no victims have been reported.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the air defense system had destroyed or intercepted 121 Ukraine drones overnight. This includes 37 in the Briens area of about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the Russian Ukelain border.
Kremniy EL, one of Russia’s largest microelectronics maker, employs 1,700 people and has a 39 billion rubles ($ 39.7 million) per year.
According to local media reports, the factory has supplied 94 % of the production of Panzil and S-500 missile systems, Calibri Cruz Missile, to the Russian Defense Ministry.
This is not the first time that the facility has been targeted by the Ukrainian drone, and has been reported at least two strikes since Ukraine’s full -fledged invasion.
