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Ukrainian drone strike targeted the VNIIR-Progress and ABS Electro facilities in Cheboksary, triggering large explosions and fires.

Cheboksary, Chuvashia Republic
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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VNIIR-Progress factory (location) ABS Electro facility (location) JSC VNIIR-Progress (organization) ABS Electro (organization) Ukrainian drone units (military_unit) VNIIR-Progress (organization) Unmanned Systems Forces (military_unit) VNIIR-Progress enterprise (organization)

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian drone strike triggered large explosions and fires at the VNIIR-Progress and ABS Electro facilities

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck VNIIR-Progress in Cheboksary with at least two drones, causing a large-scale fire

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-19T17:46:39.881Z

Source story: drones-strike-russias-cheboksary-reports-say-electronic-warfare-plant-hit-again