Russian Arms Factory Hundreds of Miles from Ukraine Hit in Drone Strike [Video]

A Russian military manufacturing site was hit in a drone attack overnight, according to a Russian and a Ukrainian official, as Moscow launched a large-scale missile and drone campaign across Ukraine.

Andriy Kovalenko, an official with Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said on Sunday that drones had attacked a manufacturing plant in Izhevsk, the capital of Russia’s Udmurt Republic. He did not directly attribute the attack to Kyiv, while Ukrainian media described the targeted facility as more than 800 miles into Moscow’s territory.

Kyiv has frequently launched long-range drone attacks several hundreds of miles from its border into Russia, targeting infrastructure it says props up Moscow’s war effort. Ukraine is not allowed to use Western-provided long-range equipment to launch these strikes on key targets, which have included air bases, oil refineries and ammunition storage sites.

Ukraine has developed its long-range capabilities domestically, meaning the restrictions placed on Western weapons by Kyiv’s supporters …