The plant manufactures countermeasure stations for front-line aircraft and is a major part of Russia's military-industrial complex.

Russia launched 208 drones and 27 missiles at Ukraine on the night of July 26. The main direction of the strike was the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone attacks, with five people dead in the strikes, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was optimistic about military progress.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country needs funds of more than $65 billion annually as it continues to battle against Russian forces. "Ukraine must tackle a deficit of $40 billion.

Several people were injured in new Russian drone and missile strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, local authorities said early on Saturday. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported the injuries on Telegram but provided no further details.

According to the daily air force report, Russia targeted Ukraine with 208 drones and 27 missiles overnight. It said according to preliminary data, air defense and electronic warfare took down or intercepted 183 drones and 17 missiles but nine locations recorded hits from 10 missiles and 25 drones.

At least two civilians died in Russian attacks in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, according to Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysak on Telegram on Saturday. A man was killed by artillery fire in the Nikopol district.