GLONASS receiver factory targeted by Ukraine – GPS World

December 3, 2025

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What’s new: Ukraine unmanned systems destroyed a factory that makes GLONASS equipment for drones and missiles.

Why it’s important: It is confirmation that, even in an age of electronic warfare and in a nation that has terrestrial alternatives, PNT from GNSS is still heavily relied upon.

What else to know:

  • The factory was 1,000 km from the Ukrainian border.
  • The day before, seven people in Kyiv were killed by a Russian attack using drones and missiles guided by GLONASS.

 

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GLONASS receiver factory targeted by Ukraine

November 26, 2025  – By 

The Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces on Nov. 26 struck a Russian factory that produces GLONASS navigation equipment for Shahed drones and Kalibr missiles, weapons used in a strike in Kyiv that killed seven people the day before, The factory is 1,000 km from the border between the countries.

The report comes from Euromaidan, along with the following video showing the strike’s location and aftermath.

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