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WATCH: Russian Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant burns close to Kremlin

By Matthew Roscoe • Updated: 09 Jun 2022 • 9:55

WATCH: Russian Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant burns following Ukrainian military attack

WATCH: Russian Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant burns following Ukrainian military attack. Image: @CanadianUkrain1/ Twitter

VIDEOS circulating online show a fire raging at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant in Russia, which produces Russian military equipment.

The Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant, which produces precision optical equipment for the Russian military, was seen burning in videos shared on social media and continues the recent trend of spontaneous fires in Russia.

The huge fire at the plant, which is a producer of precision optical equipment for the military, such as active infrared night vision devices and binoculars, comes after Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a large warehouse of Russian ammunition in the Pologovsky district of Ukraine on Wednesday, June 8.

The factory is about 80 minutes north of the Kremlin and the destruction of these kinds of facilities will hamper Putin’s war efforts in Ukraine, as noted by several war commentators.

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According to their website, “the JSC “ZOMZ” (Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant) is a legendary enterprise of the Russian optical industry.”

“Since 1935, it has been manufacturing observation equipment, medical ophthalmological equipment, laboratory instruments, and more recently, dosimetric equipment and safety equipment.”

As noted the fire comes after the 44th Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, with the help of aerial reconnaissance from the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, successfully bombed a large warehouse of Russian ammunition, in which Russian MLRS systems were also destroyed.

The 44th Artillery Brigade said on Wednesday, June 8: “Artillerymen of the 44th OAbr of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of aerial reconnaissance of the 81st brigade of the 5th BTGR, bombed the accumulation of enemy equipment and ammunition in the Pologovsky district.”

“It is known that Russian troops fired at three settlements in the Pologovsky district. Enemy shells hit Gulyaipole, the villages of Dobropolye and Upper Tersa.

“Earlier, the Russian military left some positions in the Melitopol and Vasilyevsky regions. As it became known, they moved in the direction of Kherson region.”

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Matthew Roscoe

Originally from the UK, Matthew is based on the Costa Blanca and is a web reporter for The Euro Weekly News covering international and Spanish national news. Got a news story you want to share? Then get in touch at editorial@euroweeklynews.com.

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