Ukraine is believed to have carried out its farthest strike yet within Russia, with a drone striking a military production base more than 800 miles away.

The drone appeared to have struck a student and worker dormitory building in a free economic zone believed to be close to a factory that produces Iranian-designed Shahd drones.

Video posted on Telegram showed a drone crashing into a drone production facility in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, Russia’s Volga region.

Twelve people were injured, including two teenagers, according to the state russian news agency TASS.

An unnamed Ukrainian official claimed responsibility for the attack in an interview. AFP, although they declined to provide details about where the attack originated. The account has not been independently verified.

Tatarstan officials said the attack did not disrupt industrial production.

Local media have previously reported how the Yelabuga production facility Used by adolescents aged 15 to 17 yearsHe is learning to assemble a drone at the nearby Alabuga Polytechnic. HESA Shahed 136 is produced by the Iranian state-owned company HESA.

The Shahed-136 is an attack drone with a range of more than 1,000 miles that was used against Ukraine

The local government of Tatarstan said in a Telegram message that “no serious damage was caused and the company’s technical processes were not disrupted.”

last year, Washington post Report a leaked document It shows how Moscow is mass-producing drones in a massive new factory in the Tatarstan region, with the goal of producing 6,000 domestically by the summer of 2025. The report suggests Moscow is making steady progress toward its goal of creating variants of Iranian drones. Shahed-136, Russian engineers tried to improve and perfect the drone.

TASS There were also reports of a drone attack on an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, about 700 miles from the Ukrainian border, although the mayor of Nizhnekamsk said the attempt to attack the refinery was thwarted by air defense systems

Ukraine’s leadership is open to its rapidly developing drone capabilities.The country’s Digital Transformation Minister Mikhail Fedorov claimed in an interview that Ukraine has drones capable of conducting attacks up to 600 miles in german newspapers world yesterday.

The official also spoke at length about the potential of artificial intelligence to improve the destructive capabilities of Ukrainian drones, saying he believed “the first prototypes could appear on the battlefield by the end of this year.”

Ukraine’s policy of disrupting Russia’s energy infrastructure is likely to draw international criticism.

The United States has asked Ukraine to stop attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, according to anonymous sources Financial Times.

This is because the White House believes that this wave of attacks has pushed up international oil and energy prices and may trigger further escalation by Russia.

In addition to regular attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, Ukraine has also increased its use of drones to target the Russian navy.