Ukrainian drones reportedly target Russian bearing manufacturing plant, strike occupied Donetsk
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Ukrainian drones hit a state-owned bearing plant in the Russian city of Penza overnight on July 1 as strikes were recorded in occupied Donetsk, social media channels reported.
A fire was recorded at the bearing plant in Penza after it was struck in a Ukrainian attack, eyewitnesses reported, according to Telegram news channel Exilenova Plus.
Penza is located approximately 550 kilometers (340 miles) northeast of Ukraine's border with Russia.
Earlier in the night, explosions were reported in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, and a blaze followed, according to Exilenova Plus.
It remains unclear what target may have been struck in the city.
Ukraine regularly strikes military infrastructure deep within Russia and occupied territories in an effort to diminish Moscow's ability to continue waging its war.
On June 30, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia's Dubna Space Communications Center in Moscow Oblast was struck again, adding that Ukraine was "gradually carrying out its plan of long-range sanctions" against Russia.
"Today, our long-range sanctions against Russia for this war once again reached the Dubna Space Communications Center," Zelensky said.
Ukraine previously struck the site on June 22. The General Staff said the attack damaged a 32-meter MARK-IV satellite communications antenna and the facility's main control building, which supports Russian military communications, intelligence, and satellite operations.
