Ukraine attacks Russian air base and rocket plant in Samara region

A large-scale Ukrainian attack struck industrial infrastructure in Russia’s southwestern Samara region Saturday, a Russian official said. Ivan Noskov, head of the region's capital, Samara, said air defence forces had repelled a “massive” missile attack, with “localised damage” to the city’s industrial sites. He also said that medical assistance has been provided to those injured in the attack, but did not give further details. Ukraine has stepped up its long-range aerial attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for the war and make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion, now in its fifth year. Read moreFast and fearless: Baltic defence startups innovate to counter Russian threat Writing on social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kyiv’s forces had carried out a strike against Samara’s Progress Center, which operates under Russian space agency Roscosmos and is involved in producing rocket technology and electronics. He said that the strike used Ukraine’s domestically produced Flamingo missiles to hit the site, which is approximately 900 kilometres (560 miles) from the Ukrainian border. To display this ...