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Ukrainian drone packed with explosives struck a Shahed drone factory in Tatarstan, over 1,000 km from Ukraine's border.

Yelabuga, Tatarstan
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Shahed drone factory (location) A-22 Foxbat (weapon_system) UJ-22 Airborne drone (weapon_system) Ukraine's Military Intelligence Directorate (organization) Yelabuga drone assembly plant (location)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drone struck Shahed drone factory in Tatarstan in April 2024

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian drone strike in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, where Russia built a facility to make Shahed drones. It is the longest range strike so far, some 700 miles away.

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Extracted: 2026-02-21T07:39:47.394Z

Source story: russias-air-defenses-are-wide-open-theres-just-one-problem