Ukraine attacked a plant where TU-22M3 and Tu-160 produce: what is important (photo)

The plant in Kazan, according to Defense Express analysts, is strategic for the Russian Federation. The company employs 8. 5 thousand employees, it is one of the largest in the country. Ukrainian long-range UAVs have attacked a airline in Kazan (Kapo) a few days ago, which produces strategic bombers TU-22m3 and Tu-160.

Despite the fact that the consequences of this attack are still unknown, but the very fact that Ukraine has hit its own drones on kapo, is extremely important from a symbolic point of view. About it writes Defense Express. Experts emphasize that an important fact is not only the location of the plant in Kazan at a distance of more than 1000 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

The fact is that Kapo for the Russian military-industrial complex plays such an important role that this object was used as a "scenery" in the conduct of one of the propaganda events, which was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The military, in particular, mentioned Putin's visit to a cauldron in Kazan in February 2024.

During his stay at the enterprise, it became known that over the last two years, Kapo has managed to upgrade only two Tu-160 bombers, as well as to produce two more similar planes, using the workpieces of the Soviet times under the program of "Vosprobnihood". Another interesting point is that these two new Tu-160 units were rolled out of the factory shops in 2022, but the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which acted as a customer, was still not accepted.

Kapo in March 2023 showed another updated version of TU-22m3m, rolled out of the factory shops. However, this bomber has only become the second for the last 5 years. There is no other information on the TU-22M3 aircraft on the capacity of the Air Force in Kazan. It is also known that the Russians announced quite ambitious plans for the deployment of production at the capacities of kapo.

Thus, in December 2023, almost all TU-22m3 put a strand of the refueling, which allows you to fly for several hours. Also then it became known about the intentions of the Russian Federation to make 70 TU-214 at the plant-manufacturer Tu-160 and TU-22M3, but the plan is not implemented. The reason for the failure of such plans is the unsatisfactory situation with the production potential of this plant. In particular, it is known that only 40% of the plan was updated in Kazan.

And to organize the production of these the same TU-214 will use the shop, which was intended for PACA as replacement of Tu-95MC and Tu-160. Meanwhile, despite all these nuances, this plant is of strategic importance for the Russian MIC. Moreover, it is not only the nomenclature and production volumes, but also in the number of staff involved. It is now known that Kapo has 8.

5 thousand employees, although the pace is in question, this enterprise is one of the largest in the Russian Federation, it can be compared except with a "Uralvagonzavod", which has 12 thousand employees. On February 3, the Ministry of Defense reported that the pilot of the TU-95 strategic bomber was shot in Russia, which constantly attacked Ukraine. It was about Major Oleg Stegachov.