At least seven hits: OSINT analysts' photos show consequences of missile strike on Russian military plant
Exilenova+, a Ukrainian OSINT community which tracks the results of strikes using open-source information, has posted new footage showing the consequences of a Ukrainian missile strike on the Energiya military plant in Russia's Yelets. At least seven hits were recorded on the plant's premises.
Source: Exilenova+
Details: The plant in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia's only manufacturer of batteries for guidance and correction modules used in aerial bombs, was attacked on 25 October, reportedly with Storm Shadow cruise missiles. The OSINT analysts say hits were recorded on several buildings at the facility.
"This is not just an ordinary battery plant. Its products are used to manufacture weapons that the Russians use to terrorise Ukraine every day," Exilenova+ commented on the new photos.
After examining the photos posted by Exilenova+, the Dnipro Osint (Harbuz) analyst concluded that Ukraine's defence forces had hit both plant buildings, which may be critical to production.
"One of the buildings was physically destroyed, while the other was gutted by fire from the inside," Harbuz said.
Background:
- Ukraine's General Staff previously confirmed the attack on the Energiya plant and reported a hit on a workshop producing power cells for Russian weapons.
- Power cells and batteries manufactured at the Yelets plant are used in the production of Iskander-M cruise missiles, Zircon ballistic missiles, RM-48U missiles, 95Ya6 surface-to-air missiles for Pantsir air defence systems, and Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles.
- Ukraine's defence forces attacked the Proton-Electrotex plant in Oryol and the Tolyattikauchuk plant in Tolyatti on 23 and 24 October.
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