War Arrives on Putin’s Doorstep: Huge Explosion Tears Through Russian Defence Plant Near Moscow as Drone Attack Targets the Capital

• War Arrives on Putin’s Doorstep: Huge Explosion Tears Through Russian Defence Plant Near Moscow as Drone Attack Targets the Capital
  by CHRIS JEWERS and WILL STEWART, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
  * The blast tore through the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant in Sergiyev Posad, 46 miles northeast of Moscow. The plant makes optical devices for the military
  * Blast came after Moscow said it had downed two drones close to the capital
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  A Russian defence plant was evacuated this morning after a major explosion at the site sent a huge plume of smoke into the sky, towering over nearby buildings. It came hours after Moscow became the target of another drone attack overnight, with Russia saying it had shot down two Ukraine UAVs near the capital, in the latest in a string of attacks on and around the country’s capital in recent months. The explosion at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant also initially prompted reports of a drone strike, but this was quickly denied by Russian officials.
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