Ukraine’s Defence Forces hit a plant near St. Petersburg overnight that makes solid-propellant charges for Iskander-M missiles, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
The strike hit Morozov Plant JSC during the night of Nov. 9 and damaged three production workshops at once, according to the update. The extent of the damage is being clarified, it said.
What the plant makes
The plant produces explosives. It also developed the solid propellant for the motors of Topol-M missile systems, the General Staff said.
For 9M723 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, the plant manufactures and supplies solid-propellant charges for 9Kh820 motors.
The enterprise is part of the Rostec state corporation. The update called it one of the key links in the chain that provides the Russian army with ballistic missiles.
In October, Ukraine also said its drones and Neptune missiles hit a Russian propellant plant in the Rostov region.
Why Kyiv says it matters
Every Iskander fired at a Ukrainian city begins at a factory workshop, not at the launcher, the General Staff wrote. That is where the propellant that lifts the missile is made.
A strike of this kind hampers Russia’s output of missiles for the Iskanders used against Ukrainian cities, it said. The chain is broken at its very beginning, long before the launcher.
Ukraine is acting within the right of self-defence guaranteed by Article 51 of the U.N. Charter, according to the update.
It said the Defence Forces are systematically undermining Russia’s military and economic potential. The stated aim is to compel Russia to cease its armed aggression against Ukraine.
The strike and damage claims could not be independently verified.
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