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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samya Kullab and Efrem Lukatsky

Inside the Ukrainian factory building drones and cruise missiles to strike Russia

A Ukrainian-made drone attack on a Russian ammunition depot last September demonstrated Kyiv’s ability to strike deep behind enemy lines, a feat particularly gratifying for Iryna Terekh, head of production at Fire Point.

Her company manufactured the drones that flew over 1,000 kilometres (620 miles), subsequently curtailing Russia’s devastating glide bomb attacks on her native city of Kharkiv.

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