CCD reports attack on Smensk Aircraft Plant, where military aircraft are manufactured, modernized

According to Ukrinform, Kovalenko reported this in Telegram.

According to him, the plant also provides overhaul and maintenance of aircraft, which allows Russia to maintain the combat capability of outdated aircraft models.

This plant is closely connected with other enterprises of the Russian defense complex, supplying components or participating in coeration to create modern aviation systems, the head of the Center for Defense Studies noted.

Each strike on such a plant will destroy Russia's ability to maintain its own aircraft in a combat-ready state, Kovalenko emphasized.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the Center for Pitical Analysis reported a drone attack on Kazan, where several important aviation enterprises are located that play a key re in the Russian military-industrial complex.

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Among them is the Gorbunov Aviation Plant in Kazan, which manufactures Tu-22M3 and Tu-160 strategic bombers, as well as their modernization and repair. The plant is actively expanding, in particular to service these aircraft.

Another important enterprise is the Kazan Helicter Plant, which specializes in the production of helicters for military and civilian use.

The city also has the Kazan State Treasury Powder Plant, which produces gunpowder and explosives for aviation ammunition and missiles such as Kalibr and Iskander.