Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Ukraine’s military reportedly launched attacks on several facilities within Russia linked to Moscow’s military-industrial complex overnight on Oct. 28, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
Explosions sounded and fires burned in the Russian city of Lipetsk late on Oct. 27 following an attack by Ukrainian forces, Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova Plus reported.
A fire broke out in the area of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant after air defenses were engaged, according to the monitoring channel.
A 2025 investigation by Ukrainska Pravda found that the plant supplies Russian defense companies that produce air defense systems, drones, missiles, and other weapons.
Ukraine has sanctioned the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant, while Canada and Australia have sanctioned Russian Billionaire Vladimir Lisin, who owns the site.
Later in the night, Azot chemical plant in Novomoskovsk, located in Tula Oblast, caught fire following a reported Ukrainian attack. The plant has been repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian drones in recent months.
Ukraine’s military have not commented on the reported attacks, and the details could not be immediately verified by the Kyiv Independent.
The extent of the damage caused was not immediately clear.
Ukraine regularly strikes military targets deep within Russia and occupied territories in an effort to diminish Moscow’s ability to continue waging its war.
Ukrainian forces attacked an ammunition depot in occupied Luhansk Oblast, setting off explosions at the site overnight on Oct. 27, monitoring channels reported. Strike drones targeted the site in an attack that took several hours near the city of Khrustalnyi, according to Exilenova Plus.
On Oct. 24, Ukraine struck several targets, including a petrochemical plant and a warehouse in Siberia around 2,500 kilometers away from the border, monitoring channels reported.