Ukraine hits Iskander missile fuel plant near St. Petersburg, damaging three workshops
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Ukraine's Defense Forces have struck a plant producing explosives and solid rocket fuel near St. Petersburg. Three workshops at the facility were damaged in the attack, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
On the night of November 9, Ukrainian forces struck the Morozov Plant JSC. The facility is located near St. Petersburg, is part of the state-owned Rostec corporation, and plays an important role in supplying the Russian army with ballistic weapons.
According to the General Staff, three production workshops were damaged in the attack. The full extent of the damage is still being assessed.
What the plant produced
The Morozov Plant specializes in manufacturing explosives. In particular, the facility developed solid fuel for the engines of the Topol-M missile systems.
The plant also manufactures and supplies solid-fuel charges for 9Kh820 engines used in 9M723 ballistic missiles of the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system. These components are essential for launching ballistic missiles at Ukrainian cities.
The General Staff stressed that every such strike makes it harder for Russia to manufacture new Iskander missiles and disrupts the ballistic weapons production chain at its earliest stage — inside the manufacturing workshops.
It also noted that Ukraine is acting strictly within its right to self-defense, guaranteed by Article 51 of the UN Charter. The Defense Forces are systematically undermining Russia's military and economic potential in an effort to force it to end its armed aggression.
As a reminder, the previous day, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck four command posts used by Russian forces to control drones.
In addition, on the night of November 7, Ukrainian forces attacked Russian military targets. Among the facilities hit in the Bryansk region were two Iskander launchers and a Pantsir-S1 air defense system.
