Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Tambov region, damaging an apartment building, a library, and an arts school in Michurinsk, Tambov Governor Yevgeny Pervyshov said. There were no casualties.
The Telegram channel Astra reviewed photographs from the scene and reported that the Progress plant in Michurinsk had caught fire after the attack. The plant manufactures equipment for aviation and missile control systems. Astra noted that the facility had been struck by Ukrainian drones on previous occasions — in 2024, 2025, and 2026.
Ukrainian drones also struck Smolensk region in the early hours of June 3. Two employees of the Emergency Situations Ministry were killed in the Yershichsky municipal district when debris fell while a fire was being extinguished, Smolensk Governor Vasily Anokhin said. Two other firefighters and one civilian sustained minor injuries.
Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that air defense forces shot down 354 Ukrainian drones overnight, intercepting them over regions in central and northwestern Russia, as well as over Krasnodar Krai, the Rostov region, and occupied Crimea.
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