Strike on Russian plant producing Molniya drones: General Staff reveals new details
Illustrative photo: Ukrainian defenders damaged several workshops at the Atlant Aero plant in Taganrog (t.me/mchs_official)
Ukrainian defenders damaged several workshops at the Atlant Aero plant in Taganrog as a result of a missile strike. The facility is used by Russia to produce Molniya drones, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram.
Attack on Atlant Aero
As the General Staff noted, the results of the strike on the Atlant Aero plant have been clarified.
Damage was confirmed to:
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The drone final assembly workshop;
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Two production workshops;
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The company’s administrative building.
Strike on an ammunition depot in the Zaporizhzhia region
In addition, on the night of January 16, Ukrainian defenders struck an ammunition depot of a unit from the 76th Air Assault Division in the city of Prymorsk, in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region.
"A hit on the target was recorded. The extent of the damage is being clarified," the General Staff said.
Strike on the Atlant Aero plant
On January 13, 2026, the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a missile strike on the Atlant Aero enterprise in Taganrog, Rostov region. Ukrainian-made missiles were used in the attack.
The facility carries out a full cycle of work — from design to production and testing — of Molniya-type strike and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles.
In addition, the plant manufactures components for Orion drones, which are used by the Russian occupation forces.
It is also worth noting that on January 11, the Defense Forces of Ukraine delivered precision strikes on facilities that supply the Russian army with energy resources, logistics, and air defense.
Three Lukoil drilling platforms in the Caspian Sea were hit, along with a Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system launcher in the occupied territory of the Luhansk region, as well as a logistics and materiel supply depot of Russia’s 49th Army in the Kherson region.
