Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 as fighting rages ahead of planned Trump-Putin summit
Nizhny Novgorod Gov Gleb Nikitin said in an online statement that drones targeted two "industrial zones" that caused unspecified damage along with the three casualties.
A Ukrainian official said at least four drones launched by the country's security services, or SBU, struck a plant in the city of Arzamas that produced components for the Khinzal 32 and Khinzal 101 missiles.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss operations, said the Plandin plant produces gyroscopic devices, control systems and on-board computers for the missiles and is an "absolutely legitimate target" because it is part of the Russian military-industrial complex that works for the war against Ukraine.
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