{"id":1457004,"date":"2026-10-23T19:13:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/proton-military-electronics-factory-attacked-in-oryol-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:13:44","slug":"proton-military-electronics-factory-attacked-in-oryol-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/proton-military-electronics-factory-attacked-in-oryol-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Proton military electronics factory attacked in Oryol, Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Explosions were heard in the Russian city of Orel on October 23, sending thick smoke over the city. The Proton plant, which produces optoelectronic equipment and electronic components for the Russian military-industrial complex, may have been hit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by the monitoring channel <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/exilenova_plus\/33258\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Exilenova+<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> At around 5:13 p.m., residents of Orel were warned of a missile threat. According to local Telegram channels, several loud explosions were heard in the city after the warning.<\/p>\n<p> Videos and photos of thick smoke over the city were also shared online. According to Telegram channels, Orel could have been attacked by 4 Flamingo cruise missiles. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?24\" data-telegram-post=\"Tsaplienko\/100894\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> The likely target of the strike was the Proton plant, a Russian manufacturer of optoelectronic equipment and military components involved in the cooperation of the Russian military-industrial complex.<\/p>\n<p> The company supplies diode modules, inverter switches, and other electronic components for airborne weapons systems.<\/p>\n<p> In particular, the plant&#8217;s products are used in the production of:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> S-71 &#8220;Kover&#8221; cruise missiles;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 9M723 Iskander-M ballistic missiles;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> anti-aircraft missile and gun complex &#8220;Pantsyr-S1&#8221;.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> The information about the damage to the plant and the extent of the damage in the above reports has not been officially confirmed.<\/p>\n<p> By the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zsu-vdaryly-po-punktu-upravlinnia-skladakh-i-mistsiakh-zapusku-rosiyskykh-droniv\/\">on October 22 and the night of October 23, the Ukrainian military struck a number of important enemy targets<\/a> . In particular, facilities in the Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions, as well as in the temporarily occupied Crimea, were under attack.<\/p>\n<p> The day before, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-permskomu-krai-rf-horyt-khimzavod-azot-pislia-ataky-droniv-pershi-detali\/\">in the Russian city of Berezniki, Perm Krai, on the morning of October 23, a fire broke out at the Azot chemical plant<\/a> , which produces, among other things, raw materials for the manufacture of explosives and gunpowder. The fire occurred during a drone attack.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explosions were heard in the Russian city of Orel on October 23, sending thick smoke over the city. The Proton plant, which produces optoelectronic equipment and electronic components for the Russian military-industrial complex, may have been hit. This is reported by the monitoring channel Exilenova+ . At around 5:13 p.m., residents of Orel were warned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1456996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1457004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457004","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1456996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1457004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}