“The Russian authorities reported on the attack of drones in four regions, in particular, the explosions heard in the cities of Lipetsk and Yelets of Lipetsk region – the first is a military airfield, in the second – a battery factory.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Telegram-channel Astra, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Governor of Lipetsk region Igor Artamonov and Governor of Voronezh region Alexander Gusev in Telegram
The direct language of Artamonov: “After the fall of the drone in the parking lot of one of the enterprises in Yelka there was a fire. The fire is currently localized. The employees of the nearest shops have been evacuated. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties and victims.”
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Details: What the enterprise is about, the governor did not specify, but he reported that “signals of the fall of debris come from different areas.”
According to him, the fragments allegedly fell on a private dwelling house in the Lipetsk district, as a result of which one person was killed, two more were injured, and the drone hit the section of the apartment building under construction in Yelka.
Photo from Telegram Governor Lipetsk region Igor ArtamonovThe Telegram-channel Astra writes that residents of Lipetsk and the region reported a large number of explosions.
The Russian Lipetsk, where the military airfield is located, attacked drones. There were explosions. Video from Astra Telegram channel.
Caution: The video contains obscene vocabulary pic.twitter.com/xuggaksprz– Ukrainian Truth ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) July 3, 2025
They claim that the drones again attacked the PJSC “Energy” plant in Yelka, which is manufactured by battery, in particular for UAVs, as well as batteries for aviation and fleet.
The moment of attack on Yelets of the Lipetsk region of the Russian Federation, where, according to preliminary data, attacked the Battery Factory “Energy”. Telegram-channel Astra. pic.twitter.com/6hmogfyc4F
– Ukrainian Truth ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) July 3, 2025
There is no confirmation of this information yet.
This plant was already attacked on the night of May 23.
Lipetsk is located the Russian military airfield, where planes Su-34, Su-35 and MiG-31 are based. It was also attacked in August 2024.
The governor of the Voronezh region Alexander Gusev also reported about the UAV attack. According to him, in Voronezh, as a result of the fall of the whipped drone, the roof of a private house was damaged, and due to a breakdown of the transmission line one village was left without electricity.
In the morning, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the air defense means had destroyed “69 Ukrainian drones”. In particular, 27 UAVs were allegedly knocked down over the Belgorod region, 22 – over Voronezh, 10 – above Lipetsk, 8 – over the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and 2 – above the temporarily occupied Crimea.
The governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov and the so -called. The governor of Kursk region Alexander Hinstein did not write anything about attacks.
The Telegram-channel Astra also reports that Rosivation introduced temporary restrictions on flights at Saratov Airports of Saratov region and Tambov Tambov region of the Russian Federation.
T.V.O. Yevgeny did not write anything about the attack on the head of Tambov region, but he reported fire at one of the enterprises of the city of Kotovsk, resulting in killed three employees.
Direct language Governor: “As the head of Kotovska reported, on the night of July 3 there was a fire at one of the enterprises of the city. According to preliminary data, the cause was a violation of technological processes. The fire was promptly localized … Three employees were killed. Three more people were injured, two of them were hospitalized.”
Primroshov did not specify where the fire occurred, but in the city of Kotovk there are a number of plants, including a powder factory, plastics factories, factory of technological equipment and others.