Explosions reported near Russian aircraft repair plant in Novgorod Oblast as drones target occupied Crimea

Explosions were reported overnight on 10 November near a Russian military aircraft repair plant in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast. A monitoring channel said the facility may have been targeted by a Ukrainian drone attack, but the report and any damage could not be independently verified.

The plant repairs and maintains military transport aircraft, including Il-76, Il-78 and L-410 planes, and is part of state-owned defence company Rostec. Separately, Russian-appointed officials in occupied Crimea said air defences had downed eight drones near Sevastopol, with no casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure reported. The two locations are about 1,500 kilometres apart.