The first Rheinmetall plant in Ukraine has started operating, and according to Russian analysts, the "new target of Russian missiles" is located in Transcarpathia, only 12 kilometers from the Hungarian border, the Russian mk.ru portal quoted the Portfolio as saying.
interview at the end of October, Armin Papperger, the CEO of the German defense industry company Rheinmetall, announced that the first Rheinmetall plant in Ukraine had been handed over, while the construction of the second was already underway. The German defense industry company would build a total of four factories in the war-torn country. Some Russian officials have labeled Rheinmetall's entire Ukraine venture as "money laundering" because the existence of the top-secret plants is not publicly announced, given the capabilities of the Russian Air Force.
According to the portal, Russian analysts are only making assumptions about the position of the production line in Ukraine. In this regard, the portal notes that, parallel to the start of construction, Russian intelligence found "traces of secret works" in Transcarpathia, near the village of Csornotisiv (Feketeardó). As the crow flies, the settlement is located barely 12 kilometers from the Hungarian border - Maszol.ro observed .
Cover image: Illustration / MTI/AP/Press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense
