Ukraine strikes Russian rocket fuel plant with Neptune missiles and drones – General Staff

On the night of 30-31 October, Ukraine's defence forces struck the Kamensky Plant in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Russia's Rostov Oblast using Neptune missiles and drones. Four production workshops were damaged.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Details: The General Staff reported that unmanned systems units and Rocket Forces and Artillery took part in the strike, deploying the Ukrainian Navy's Neptune coastal missile systems.

A fire at a finished goods warehouse and damage to four production workshops at the plant have been confirmed.

The Kamensky Plant produces solid rocket fuel for ammunition used by Uragan, Smerch and Tornado-S multiple-launch rocket systems, as well as other missile systems and air-launched weapons.

The defence forces also hit four Russian military logistics depots near Khartsyzk and Dokuchaievsk in Donetsk Oblast, Novovasylivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Novoaidar in Luhansk Oblast.

Background: On the night of 30-31 October, drones attacked a refinery in Ufa in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. A fire broke out at the Bashneft-Novoil oil refinery, with a catalytic reforming unit believed to be ablaze.

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