On the night of August 28, the Russian military struck the Bayractar drone under the production plant under the production plant under Kiev. This was announced by the deputy of the Lviv City Council Igor Zinkevich.
According to Zinkevich, two direct hits were recorded, and production capacities “received serious damage”. The deputy noted that this is the fourth blow to the plant over the past six months.
The Turkish edition of Türkiye Gazetesi without specifying specific sources also reported about the attack on the plant.
- The Bayractar plant is located in the Kyiv region in the immediate vicinity of Kyiv (where exactly, in open sources it is not specified). Its construction began in February 2024, it was carried out by the Turkish company Baykar, it was originally assumed that it would be completed in 12 months. The annual performance of the enterprise will be about 120 drones.
- On the night of August 28, as a result of a massive strike in Kyiv in the Darnitsky district, a five-story building was destroyed in the southeast of the city. According to the latest data from the authorities, 18 people died. The analysis of the rubble is still ongoing.
- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation officially reported that the goals of night strikes in Ukraine were "enterprises of the military-industrial complex and military air base", and reported on their successful defeat.