Russia fired 442 Shahed-type drones and one Kinzhal aeroballistic missile at Ukraine overnight on March 29–30, 2026, one of the largest single-night drone salvos of the war, according to Ukraine's Air Force Command. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted the majority of the munitions; damage was confirmed in residential areas of Kharkiv and infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia. Russian officials claimed several drones reached Kyiv's Obolon district, though Ukrainian authorities reported no casualties there.
Ukraine answered before dawn. By morning, drone footage circulated by military monitoring accounts showed smoke columns rising from the KuibyshevAzot chemical plant in Tolyatti, a city of 690,000 in Russia's Samara Oblast, roughly 900 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. KuibyshevAzot is one of Russia's largest producers of ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers, with annual capacity of approximately 1.2 million tonnes. Ukrainian military officials did not formally claim the strike — standard practice for deep-territory operations — but the General Staff described targets as "defence-industrial complex objects," the formulation used for dual-use facilities.
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