Ukrainian Forces Strike Moscow Oblast Weapons Plant With Drones and Missiles

Ukrainian forces struck a weapons plant in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, overnight on October 22, according to monitoring channels relayed by the Kyiv Independent 123. Eyewitnesses told the independent Russian outlet Astra that drones followed by missiles hit the site, known as the 75th Arsenal, which produces weapons and ammunition and repairs military equipment 123. Ukraine, the U.S., and the EU have sanctioned the facility 123. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 630 drones headed toward Moscow Oblast, most were intercepted, and 163 were destroyed on approach to Moscow; he reported two people injured in Voronovskoye 123. The Kyiv Independent could not immediately verify the reports, and monitoring channel ExileNova Plus separately reported explosions in Lipetsk and an alleged strike on a residential building there 123.