Ukraine says it struck three Russian missile infrastructure sites overnight
Ukrainian forces struck three facilities linked to Russia's missile infrastructure and fuel supply chains overnight on October 9, Ukraine's General Staff said, reporting attacks on sites in the Nizhny Novgorod and Tver regions.
According to the General Staff, one of the targets was a facility operated by the Barmin Research Institute of Launch Complexes near Dalneye Konstantinovo-5 in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region.
The institute is part of Russia's Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI), which develops, maintains and operates rocket launch facilities, fueling equipment and control systems.
Ukrainian forces also struck a center for the disposal of intercontinental ballistic missiles near Surovatikha, in the same region, the General Staff said.
It described the strike as an effort to weaken Russia's defense industry's capacity to produce explosives and rocket fuel.
A third target was the Redkino Experimental Plant in Russia's Tver region.
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View in Telegram.According to the Ukrainian military, the plant produces components of Decilin-M fuel used in Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles, as well as additives for aviation kerosene and diesel fuel. The facility is subject to international sanctions.
Earlier reports on Russian Telegram channels had described a fire and smoke near the Redkino plant following an apparent drone attack. The General Staff's statement subsequently confirmed that Ukrainian forces had targeted the facility.
Ukraine's military did not specify the extent of damage at any of the three sites.
The General Staff said the strikes were intended to reduce Russia's military-industrial and technological capabilities, describing them as an exercise of Ukraine's right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter.