Ukraine’s General Staff said that overnight into Saturday, October 24, Ukrainian forces hit an aircraft, preliminarily identified as a Su-34, at Yeysk airfield in Russia’s Krasnodar region, where a fire was recorded, and struck two enterprises involved in missile production. In Orel, the target was the Proton plant, which the General Staff said develops and produces optoelectronics and components for the Tor-M2 and Pantsir-S1 air defence systems, the Iskander-M system and Kalibr and Kh-101 cruise missiles, and in Tolyatti, in the Samara region, it was Tolyattikauchuk, described as a producer of synthetic rubber and feedstock used in solid rocket fuel. The General Staff said the results and the scale of the damage are still being clarified.
Ukraine says it hit aircraft and missile plants in Russia
Ukraine's General Staff said its forces overnight hit an aircraft at Yeysk airfield and two enterprises involved in missile production, the Proton plant in Orel and Tolyattikauchuk in Tolyatti, with the scale of damage still being clarified.
Why it matters: The claimed targets sit inside Russia's ballistic missile supply chain, and the claim is Kyiv's alone, with no Russian confirmation in the sources read, so the damage, not the announcement, is what remains to be established.
Data as of NV report of October 24, 2026, in Russian, read in full, reporting a statement by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The strike results are a claim by the Ukrainian military, a party to the war, and no independent or Russian confirmation appeared in the sources read. Developing item.
Sources
- Defence forces hit a Russian aircraft at Yeysk airfield and two plants involved in ballistic missile production - NV, in Russian, reporting the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - 2026-10-24