‘They Blew Up Half of Saransk’: Ukrainian Drone Strike Cuts Internet, Sparks Chaos – Intercepted Call Reveals

A Russian woman confirms the success of a Ukrainian drone strike on a defense factory in Saransk, almost 600 kilometers from the border, in a call intercepted by Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) on Saturday, May 31.

“They hit the factory. They f**cking blew up half of Saransk,” she says in a panicked voice.

On the morning of Wednesday, May 7, Ukrainian authorities reported that the strike targeted a plant in Saransk, Republic of Mordovia — over 550 kilometers from Ukraine — which produces fiber-optic systems.

The plant is a key part of Russia’s defense industry, manufacturing cables and communication equipment for the Russian army, including drones that rely on fiber-optic links.

The woman describes that following the attack, internet service in Saransk and across Mordovia was cut off repeatedly, leaving residents without information.

“The Ministry of Emergency Situations sent a message about the drone attack,” she says. “But the internet is down again – it’s not working today. No one knows what’s going on.”

She recalls how her relative, Azamat, went to Saransk and how the strikes have become “massive” and “frequent.”

“The internet was turned off. We have no news. F*ck knows what’s happening,” she adds.

Earlier last year, Kyiv Post interviewed Maria* who works as one of Ukrainian intelligence’s professional eavesdroppers and spoke about the shocking things she hears.

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Russia regularly dismisses the content of intercepted calls published by Ukraine, saying they are fake, a claim Kyiv Post put to Maria*. She said: “They are all are real even though they might seem insane. Sometimes I can’t believe the words I’m hearing myself, but we have what we have.”

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