Ukraine attacks missile fuel factory in Russia

Ukraine confirmed this Thursday (26) that it was responsible for an attack on a factory that produces fuel for ballistic missiles in the Rostov region, in Russia.

“The Ukrainian Air Force recently launched a precision strike against a military factory in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region of Russia,” the Main Communications Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU StratCom) reported.

In the statement, Kiev said the plant produces solid fuel for ballistic missiles used to attack Ukrainian civilian facilities such as hospitals, residential buildings and power plants.

“The attack is part of a comprehensive campaign to weaken the ability of the armed forces of the Russian Federation to carry out terrorist attacks against peaceful citizens of Ukraine,” StratCom stated.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on the 19th that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used six US-supplied ATACMS missiles and four British-made Storm Shadow missiles to attack the Kamensk-Shakhtinsky plant in the Rostov region.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB, formerly KGB) said on Thursday it had prevented a series of attacks against senior Russian military commanders after the arrest of four Russian citizens as part of the investigation.

“The FSB thwarted a series of attacks against high-ranking military personnel from the Ministry of Defense who were participating in the special military operation (in Ukraine) – as Moscow describes the invasion that began in 2022 – as well as against members of their families,” the entity said in a statement. communicated.

According to the note, the attacks were prepared by “agents of the Ukrainian secret services”.