STORY: :: Ukraine says it hit Russian oil facilities as well as a military airfield and electronics factory
:: August 2, 2025
:: Novokuybyshevsk, Russia
:: Penza, Russia
Eyewitness video released on Saturday (August 2) shows an explosion near a Russian oil facility in Novokuybyshevsk, Russia.
Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video from the buildings, the road layout and the trees, which matched file and satellite imagery of the area.
The date when the video was recorded could not be verified independently.
However, the governor of the Samara region said on August 2 that an enemy drone had struck an industrial enterprise in Novokuybyshevsk.
An eyewitness captured video of a drone flying over Penza in Russia on Saturday (August 2), moments before an explosion and rising smoke were seen in the distance.
Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency claimed responsibility for striking a factory in the area that it said supplies electronics to Russia’s military-industrial complex.
Reuters was able to verify the location of the video as Penza from the buildings, the overhead power lines and the road layout, which matched street view imagery of the area.
The date when the video was recorded was verified by an official statement from the Security Service of Ukraine, which confirmed a strike on a manufacturing plant in Penza.
There was no immediate comment from Russia on the reported attacks on its infrastructure sites.