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VNIIR-Progress defense enterprise was attacked again in Cheboksary

By: Yulia
9 June 2026 at 22:03

The VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary (Chuvash Republic) was attacked on the morning of June 10, ASTRA found according to eyewitness footage.

As the OSINT analyst ASTRA established, the administrative building of the plant in the footage is protected by nets, metal towers have been built on the territory of the enterprise, on which nets are stretched over the entire territory of VNIIR after the previous attack. Earlier, ASTRA reported, that VNIIR-Progress was attacked twice on May 5.

VNIIR-Progress produces Kometa antennas that protect drones of the Russian Armed Forces from Ukrainian electronic warfare systems.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the VNIIR-Progress plant is also engaged in the production of satellite GNSS receivers and antennas for Glonass, GPS and Galileo systems of the Komet type modules, which are used in kamikaze drones of the Shahed type, as well as in Iskander-M, Kalibr missiles and UMPK modules for aerial bombs.

Earlier, the head of Chuvashia Oleg Nikolaev reported that on the morning of June 10 Cheboksary was subjected to a rocket attack.

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