Zelensky confirms strike destroyed Russian missile plant and air defenses
Ukraine says a drone and Neptune missile strike on Rostov's Kamensky plant also wrecked a Pantsir-S2 and an S-400 command vehicle, worth $70 million.
What to know
- Ukraine struck Russia's Kamensky missile-propellant plant in Rostov Oblast, about 15-20km from the border, using drones and Neptune cruise missiles.
- Zelensky says the operation also destroyed a Pantsir-S2 air defense system and an S-400 command-and-control vehicle, worth roughly $70 million combined.
- The strike is part of Ukraine's intensified campaign since summer against Russian military-industrial and air-defense targets, aimed at degrading Moscow's ability to sustain missile and drone production.
- The Kamensky plant is sanctioned by the EU, UK, and US for supplying solid rocket propellant used in multiple Russian missile and rocket systems.
“Our long-range strikes have targeted the Rostov region. The Kamensky Plant – a Russian defense industry facility involved in missile production – has been struck,”
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine · Kyiv Independent / Telegram ↗ · Oct 31
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Kyiv Independent details the plant's role and sanctions status
Reporting noted the Kamensky facility, located about 15km from the Ukrainian border, is sanctioned by the EU, UK, and US and produces solid rocket propellant for Russian rockets, missiles, and aircraft weapons; Ukraine has targeted it before, including a confirmed strike on Aug. 26.
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Ukraine says a strike damaged Russia’s Kamensky rocket-fuel plant and air-defence systems. Ukraine’s General Staff said drones and Neptune missiles damaged four production workshops and ignited a finished-products warehouse; Zelensky put the damaged air-defence equipment at about $70 million. 1/5
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KYIV INDEPENDENT: Zelensky confirms attack on Russian rocket fuel factory, missile launcher system https:// kyivindependent.com/zelensky-c onfirms-attack-on-russian-rocket-fuel-factory-missile-launcher-system/ "A ‘Pantsir-S2’ system and a command and control vehicle belonging to the S-400 ‘Triumph’ system were also struck," Zelensky said, causing…
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Ukraine reports Russia's October combat losses at 54,400
Ukraine's General Staff data put Russia's estimated losses at 54,400 soldiers for October, including 2,100 casualties over the preceding day.
“Our long-range sanctions – in the Rostov region,…”
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Zelensky confirms the strike and details destroyed air defenses
Zelensky announced that alongside the missile plant, Ukrainian forces also struck and destroyed a Pantsir-S2 air defense system and a command-and-control vehicle of the S-400 'Triumph' system, putting the combined value of damage at about $70 million.
“A ‘Pantsir-S2’ system and a command and control vehicle belonging to the S-400 ‘Triumph’ system were also struck,…”
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Zelensky says Ukrainian long-range strikes hit the Kamensky Combine in Russia’s Rostov region, a defense plant involved in missile production. A Pantsir-S2 system and an S-400 command vehicle were also struck. He put the combined value of the damaged air-defense assets at about $70 million. # Ukraine
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Ukraine's General Staff reports strike on Kamensky missile plant
Ukraine's General Staff said drones and Ukrainian Navy Neptune cruise missiles struck the Kamensky Plant in Russia's Rostov Oblast overnight, igniting a warehouse of finished solid rocket propellant and damaging four production workshops.
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