Zelenskyy: Ukrainian forces have struck Russian air defence assets worth US$70m and missile factory

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported strikes on a Russian Pantsir-S2 air defence system and a command post vehicle belonging to the S-400 Triumf system with a combined value estimated at around US$70 million. A Russian military facility in Rostov Oblast was also hit.

Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Details: Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had struck the Kamensky Plant in Russia's Rostov Oblast, which is involved in missile production.

In addition, a Pantsir-S2 air defence gun-missile system and a command post vehicle belonging to the S-400 Triumf system were hit.

Zelenskyy noted that the combined value of the air defence assets struck is around US$70 million.

The president thanked the Security Service of Ukraine and other units of the defence forces for carrying out the strikes.

Background: On the night of 31 October-1 November, Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure in four Ukrainian oblasts. As of this morning, hundreds of thousands of households remain without electricity.

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