A warehouse with "Shahed" parts worth $16 million destroyed in Russia: DIU discloses details

In the "Alabuga" economic zone in the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia), a warehouse was destroyed where parts for Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, which the aggressor uses to strike Ukraine, were stored. A fire broke out there, burning down equipment for the production of four hundred of these UAVs.

The aggressor suffered losses of $16 million. This was reported on December 23 by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

It is noted that 65 fuselages of attack drones, as well as engines, navigation systems, and thermal imaging cameras for the production of 400 units of Shahed-136 of Iranian origin, were in the factory.

"Everything is burned. The aggressor's losses caused by the destruction of the Russian warehouse are estimated at $16 million," the DIU said in a statement.

It added that the "mysterious" destructive fire was another blow to the military-industrial complex of the terrorist state of Russia.

The agency also reminded that there will be just retribution for every war crime committed against the Ukrainian people.

The "Alabuga" Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of industrial and production type is located 10 km from the city of Yelabuga in the Republic of Tatarstan. It is one of the largest in Russia and generates 59% of total revenues and 34% of tax revenues from all SEZs in the country.

The Russian Federation has set up production of analogs of Iranian Shahed drones there, so this facility (located 1237 km in a straight line from the Ukrainian border) is a legitimate target for the Ukrainian Defense Forces. On the morning of April 2, 2024, the plant was attacked by a Ukrainian drone: it hit one of the buildings, over which a fire mushroom rose into the sky after the explosion.

Earlier, the Associated Press reported that there is a "secret factory" in the "Alabuga" SEZ, where engineers make hundreds of decoy drones designed to deplete Ukrainian air defense. In the fall, the Russians began producing thermobaric drones there along with decoys.

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