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Ukraine's military says it hit three missile facilities in Russia

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On October 9, Ukraine's military reported hitting three missile production facilities in Russia using drones and missiles. These targets included a factory in the Tver region producing missile components and an intercontinental ballistic missile disassembly center in Nizhny Novgorod region aimed at disrupting Russia’s ability to produce explosives and rocket fuel. Russian officials confirmed one casualty and minimal infrastructure damage from these attacks.
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Ukraine's military claimed on October 9 to have struck three missile production facilities in Russia overnight, targeting a factory in the Tver region and a center for disassembling intercontinental ballistic missiles in Nizhny Novgorod region. According to Ukraine’s General Staff, one of the attacks aimed at degrading Russia's capacity to produce explosives and rocket fuel. Meanwhile, Nizhny Novgorod's governor reported that a serviceman was killed while defending against the attack, and there was minimal infrastructure damage due to drone debris. In Tver region, another governor confirmed a fire broke out but was extinguished at a plant in Redkino after what was likely a drone strike. Ukraine has increasingly used its growing fleet of domestically produced drones and missiles to target Russian oil refining and military production sites.

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KYIV Nizhny Novgorod Russia Russian Ukraine

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Ukraine GPE · 4× Russia GPE · 3× Nizhny Novgorod GPE · 2× Russian NORP · 2× General Staff ORG · 1× KYIV GPE · 1× REUTERS ORG · 1× Redkino GPE · 1× Telegram ORG · 1× Tver GPE · 1×

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Ukraine's military said it hit three facilities involved in missile production across Russia overnight, including a factory in Tver region making missile components and a centre for disassembling intercontinental ballistic missiles in Nizhny Novgorod region.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-09
2026-10-09 · The Straits Times
Ukraine's military says it hit three missile facilities in Russia · assertive framing

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Ukraine's military says it hit three missile facilities in Russia KYIV, Oct 9 - asserted
it → say → Russia
Ukraine's military said it hit three facilities involved in missile production across Russia overnight, including a factory in Tver region making missile components and a centre for disassembling intercontinental ballistic missiles in Nizhny Novgorod region. asserted
it → say → region
In a statement on Telegram, Ukraine's General Staff said the Russian facility for "liquidation of intercontinental ballistic missiles" was hit to degrade Russia's ability to source explosives and rocket fuel. asserted
facility → say → explosives
Ukraine has been hitting Russian oil refining and military production facilities with a growing fleet of domestically produced drones, and sometimes with missiles. asserted
Ukraine → hit → missiles
The governor of Nizhny Novgorod region said that one serviceman was killed repelling the attack and drone debris caused "minimal" damage to infrastructure. asserted
debris → say → infrastructure
The governor of Tver region said on Friday morning a drone attack had caused a fire at a plant in Redkino, but that it was extinguished. asserted
it → say → Redkino
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