Ukraine drones target Russian alcohol plants, Russian officials says

22/10/2024 19:11

        Ukraine overnight drone attacks caused an explosion and a fire at an ethanol manufacturing plant and damaged two other alcohol producing enterprises in Russia, Russian officials said on Tuesday.
        
        A blast shook the Biokhim biochemical plant in Russia's Tambov region, sparking a short-lived fire, Tambov governor Maxim Yegorov said on the Telegram messaging app.
        
        "According to preliminary information, there are no casualties, Yegorov said .
        
        Russia's defence ministry said that its air defence units destroyed a total of 18 Ukrainian drones, but it did not mention Tambov in its tally.
        
        Biokhim in the Tambov region, some 450 km (280 miles)southeast of Moscow, is one of Russia's oldest manufacturers of "products of strategic importance for the state," chiefly ethanol, according to the company's website.