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Since beginning of year, Defense Forces hit 3 large military plants, two arsenals and key russian training ground - Ministry of Defense

The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit three large military plants, two arsenals and a key russian training ground. Illustration: Ministry of Defense
The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit three large military plants, two arsenals and a key russian training ground. Illustration: Ministry of Defense

During January and February 2026, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck three large enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the aggressor country russia, as well as one of the key missile ranges and two large arsenals. The Ministry of Defense has informed about this, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

On the night of January 13, the Defense Forces struck with Ukrainian-made missiles at the Atlant Aero enterprise, located in Taganrog (Rostov Oblast), experienced explosions and a fire in the area of its production buildings. This company carries out a full cycle of design, manufacture and testing of Molniya strike and reconnaissance UAVs, as well as components for Orion UAVs.

On February 5, the State Central Interspecies Training Range of the russian Defense Ministry "Kapustin Yar" in the Astrakhan Oblast was attacked, the damage to the technical facility for servicing medium-range ballistic missiles, the assembly building and the logistics warehouse was confirmed. This is one of russia's key missile test sites, which is the main center for testing the latest weapons, including Oreshnik missiles.

On February 9, it became known that a UAV warehouse was hit near Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast of the russian federation, as a result of the strike, three containers with FPV drones and components, about 6000 FPV drones were destroyed, and several other containers with drones were also damaged.

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On the night of February 12, a complex missile storage facility was hit near the village of Kotluban in the Volgograd Oblast of the russian federation, ammunition, and explosives of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the russian Defense Ministry. This is one of the largest ammunition storage sites of the russian army. The arsenal was struck by Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo long-range missiles, and powerful explosions were recorded on the territory of the facility, followed by secondary detonation.

In addition, in the town of Michurinsk (Tambov Oblast), an enterprise producing high-tech equipment for aviation and missile systems, the Michurinsky Plant Progress, came under Ukrainian fire, the enterprise is involved in supplying the russian army, and a fire broke out on the territory of the plant.

On the night of February 21, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's missile troops and artillery struck with FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles at the russian military-industrial complex enterprise Votkinsk plant in the city of Votkinsk (Udmurt Republic), production shop No. 22 was destroyed. The Votkinsk plant produces RS-24 Yars, Yars-S, Yars-M intercontinental ballistic missiles, ZM-30 (R-30) Bulava ballistic missiles for Project 955A Borei-A submarines, 9M723-1 ballistic missiles for the Iskander-M air defense system, and 9-S-7760 ballistic missiles for the Kinzhal air defense system.

The Ministry of Defense notes that strikes on such facilities are necessary to stop the russian military machine, which makes it possible to reduce the enemy's ability to produce and store weapons, as well as to weaken its ability to hit peaceful cities of Ukraine with missiles and drones

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As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on March 2, the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit two ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the aggressor country russia - frigates Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov.

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