Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck a workshop producing power components for Russian weapons systems at the Energia plant in the town of Yelets in Russia’s Lipetsk Oblast on Oct. 25 and overnight into Oct. 26, Ukraine’s General Staff said.
The strike reportedly hit a workshop that produces power elements for Russian weapons. A fire broke out on the plant’s grounds after the attack.
According to the General Staff, the Energia enterprise is important to Russia’s military-industrial complex. It said the plant is the only producer in Russia of batteries for planning and correction modules (UMPK) used on aerial bombs.
The factory also makes power components for Iskander-M tactical missile systems and sea-launched cruise missiles, the General Staff said.
The strike on the production workshop could reportedly complicate supplies of batteries needed by the Russian army for missiles, guided aerial bombs, and other weapons.
The General Staff also reported results from earlier attacks on other Russian military-industrial facilities.
The main microchip production workshop at the Proton-Electrotex enterprise in the city of Oryol, in Russia’s Oryol Oblast, was confirmed to have been destroyed after a strike on Oct. 23. The building and the company’s servers were also damaged.
According to the General Staff, that strike complicates the production of components for cruise and ballistic missiles used by Russian forces against Ukrainian cities.
Another target struck on Oct. 23 was a site near Donetsk used for the storage, preparation, and launch of strike drones. The General Staff said three buildings used to prepare and equip drones, along with one launch rail, were damaged.
The military also confirmed damage to the Tolyattikauchuk plant in the city of Tolyatti in Russia’s Samara Oblast. The facility was struck on Oct. 24, damaging a process pipeline, two butyl rubber production units and one rectification unit.
