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Russia Admits Its Air Defenses Cannot Shield Vast Industrial Empire From Ukrainian Drone Strikes
UNITED24 Media • • world
Key Points:
- Russia faces significant challenges in providing full air defense coverage for its extensive Soviet-era industrial complexes, which are spread out over large areas to mitigate nuclear attack risks but are vulnerable to modern drone strikes.
- Alexander Shokhin, head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, highlighted that the dispersed layout of factories complicates comprehensive protection, as safeguarding individual buildings does not ensure the security of entire industrial sites.
- Ukraine continues to conduct long-range drone attacks targeting Russia’s critical infrastructure, including oil refineries, military production facilities, chemical plants, and data centers, causing operational disruptions and fires.
- Recent attacks have led to the suspension of operations at several major Russian oil refineries, including the Moscow Oil Refinery, and caused significant damage at the Petersburg Oil Terminal and other key sites in the Leningrad region.
