A Ukrainian missile strike targeted a Russian military facility in the city of Volgograd overnight on June 27.
Axar.az informs, citing Astra, explosions and a fire in the city as authorities issued a missile threat alert for Volgograd Oblast. Videos circulating on social media appeared to show smoke rising above the city.
According to eyewitness footage, the smoke was rising from the Titan-Barrikady military plant, a major defense facility that produces launchers for strategic missile systems.
Astra said it geolocated footage filmed from Moskovskaya Street, approximately 6.5 kilometers (4 miles) from the facility, and concluded that the smoke originated from the plant.
The outlet also reported that the strike was carried out using Ukrainian-made long-range Flamingo cruise missiles.
Volgograd Oblast Governor Andrey Bocharov later confirmed that Ukrainian "high-speed aerial targets" struck the city overnight, damaging "production facilities at one of Volgograd's enterprises in the Krasnooktyabrsky District." While Bocharov did not identify the facility, Titan-Barrikady is located in the district he named.
Bocharov said 10 people were injured in the attack and were receiving medical attention. He added that localized fires were quickly extinguished and that no residential buildings were damaged.