🔥 UPDATE: A Russian Pantsir fired its 30-mm automatic guns at aerial targets over Lipetsk tonight. Its shells burst in the sky without hitting them. Air defence was active above the city. But this gunfire did not bring the targets down. A fire was also reported in the area of NLMK, the Novolipetsk steelworks, after air-defence activity or a falling object. Flames and thick smoke rose behind rooftops. An orange glow was visible from farther across the city. The report places the fire near the plant, not necessarily inside it. Earlier tonight, missile alerts sounded across several Russian regions, while initial reports from Lipetsk described impacts and a fire toward the airfield. The Pantsir engagement and the fire near NLMK add another part of the night's events: Russian guns were firing over Lipetsk, and a blaze followed in the industrial area. Source: @exilenova_plus

🔥 BREAKING Missile alerts sounded across several Russian regions tonight. Over Lipetsk, Russian air defences engaged jet-powered targets. Initial reports described impacts and a fire in the direction of the airfield. The sequence is stark. Missile warnings, an air-defence engagement over the city, then reports of impacts and flames toward the airfield. Lipetsk is home to a major Russian military aviation centre. Russia’s air defences were fighting targets above a city central to its military aviation. Source: @exilenova_plus