Ukraine's Neptune missiles strike Rostov, hitting Russian drone plant and warehouse
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On the night of November 13, Neptune missiles struck Rostov-on-Don. Three facilities linked to the production and repair of Russian drones were hit, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Every night, Russian drones fly toward Ukrainian cities, military positions, and energy infrastructure. The General Staff notes that some of them are manufactured, stored, and repaired in Rostov-on-Don.
The Ukrainian Navy's coastal Neptune missile system struck three targets linked to unmanned aerial vehicles.
The first target was the production facility for tactical-level attack drones operated by Ionos LLC. The site where the company stores its drones was also hit.
Another target was the service center of Aero-Khit LLC. The Russian army repairs and maintains drones for the front lines there.
Aero-Khit is a Russian manufacturer of Veles attack and reconnaissance FPV drones. The company's production facility is located in Khabarovsk, while its service center operates in Rostov-on-Don.
The General Staff explains that striking the production facility, warehouse, and service center hits the entire supply chain at once. Some drones will not be manufactured, some were destroyed in the warehouse, and damaged UAVs will not return to the front lines for a long time.
On the night of November 13, Volgograd and the surrounding region came under a massive drone attack.
Following the raid, an oil refinery caught fire there, and eyewitnesses filmed the blaze on the facility's grounds.
In early November, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck five of Russia's largest oil refineries, including the Omsk, Kirishi, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Yaroslavl refineries.
