A Russian Factory Is On Fire In Cheboksary

• 9.06.2025, 7:37

Explosion after explosion goes off.

In the city of Cheboksary (capital of the Chuvash Republic) this night loud explosions are heard, after hitting the factory started a large-scale fire, writes unian.net.

According to the Russian project VChK-OGPU, explosions are heard in the city one after another. The VNIIR (All-Russian Research Institute of Relay Building) plant has come under attack. Local authorities have not yet commented on the attack.

According to open sources, VNIIR is engaged in the development and production of relay protection and automation systems for substations. In 2007, a separate division, VNIIR-Progress, was created to develop radio-electronic systems for military equipment.

This is about the production of jamming navigation modules "Kometa"/"Kometa-M", which are used in cruise missiles (such as 9M723 "Iskander-M", 3M-14 "Kalibr", etc.) and UAVs (such as 9M723 "Iskander-M", 3M-14 "Kalibr", etc.).etc.) and UAVs ("Orlan-10" and similar).

The plant is located directly in Cheboksary, about 4 kilometers from the main VNIIR facility. In 2023, it came under international sanctions due to a full-scale war against Ukraine.