Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian Shahed, Iskander component facility, major oil refinery amid large-scale attack

(Dmytro Basmat – The Kyiv Independent) Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on multiple Russian regions overnight on May 5, reportedly striking sites critical to Russia’s military-industrial complex, Russian Telegram media channels reported. Photos and videos posted to social media by local resident purport to show a large fire emanating from JSC VNIIR-Progress in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, a Russian state institute that produces components for high-precision weapons used by Moscow to attack Ukraine. Explosions were heard in the area of the facility following an air raid alert announcing a missile threat in the region. Russian Telegram media channels reported that a Ukrainian-made FP-5 Flamingo missile inflicted damage on the facility. – Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian Shahed, Iskander component facility, major oil refinery amid large-scale attack