{"id":1359161,"date":"2026-02-18T08:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/explosions-in-cheboksary-drones-flew-to-a-defense-plant\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:47:20","slug":"explosions-in-cheboksary-drones-flew-to-a-defense-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/explosions-in-cheboksary-drones-flew-to-a-defense-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosions in Cheboksary: Drones flew to a defense plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several powerful explosions were heard in Cheboksary, Chuvashia, on Wednesday morning, February 18. Local residents reported a drone attack and smoke in the city’s industrial zone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by Russian media.<\/p>\n

The VNDIR-Progress enterprise, which produces components for missiles, drones, and guided bombs for the Russian army, could have been hit. At the same time, eyewitnesses specify that smoke rises approximately 800-900 meters from the factory, so there is currently no confirmation that it was hit specifically.<\/p>\n

The Governor of Chuvashia, Oleg Nikolayev, confirmed the drone attack on Cheboksary, but did not report any possible damage to enterprises.<\/p>\n

The incident partially blocked traffic in the city. According to local media, at least three drones were allegedly found lying on the streets.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, on the night of Tuesday, February 17, drones attacked several regions of the Russian Federation. In particular, powerful explosions thundered in the Krasnodar Territory. As a result of the attack, a large-scale fire broke out at the Ilya oil refinery.<\/a><\/p>\n

As reported, since the evening of Monday, February 16, a series of powerful explosions have been heard in the temporarily occupied Crimea. The Belbek airfield in Sevastopol came under attack by drones.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Several powerful explosions were heard in Cheboksary, Chuvashia, on Wednesday morning, February 18. Local residents reported a drone attack and smoke in the city’s industrial zone. This is reported by Russian media. The VNDIR-Progress enterprise, which produces components for missiles, drones, and guided bombs for the Russian army, could have been hit. At the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1359155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76874,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1359161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1359155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}