Ukraine strikes Russian weapons plant and Moscow fuel hub
Ukraine attacked a Russian weapons plant in Volgograd and an oil pumping station near Moscow on Saturday. Russia retaliated with attacks on several Ukrainian regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Ukrainian-made FP-5 Flamingo missiles struck the Titan-Barrikady plant in Volgograd, southwestern Russia, which he described as a 'major industrial complex.' He stated that Russia produces 'artillery systems and specialized military equipment, including components for missile launch systems' at the site. The strikes caused a fire at the plant, Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. Ukraine's General Staff said the facility makes equipment for missile systems, including self-propelled launchers and transport-loading vehicles for the Iskander-M missile system. Russia confirmed the attack. Regional Governor Andrei Bocharov wrote on Telegram that at least 10 people were wounded and taken to hospital. Bocharov said production facilities of one plant were damaged.
Around the same time, Ukrainian drones attacked a Russian oil pumping station crucial for Moscow's fuel supply, Ukraine's SBU Security Service said. The strikes hit a technical building at the facility owned by state-owned oil pipeline giant Transneft. The facility is located in Vtorovo, near the capital of the Vladimir region, east of Moscow. The Kremlin has yet to comment on the strike, which is the second successful attack on the pumping station in a month.
Meanwhile, Russia launched strikes on at least three regions of Ukraine overnight, killing two people and wounding more than 20, according to Ukrainian authorities. In the central eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was killed and two were injured when drones and aerial bombs struck two districts more than 30 times. A 66-year-old man was killed in a Russian drone attack on a house in the northern Sumy region. The governor spoke of 'a massive attack' elsewhere in the same region that injured 10 people. Strikes on the southeastern town of Zaporizhzhia injured nine, including two children, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. Also on Saturday, the RIA news agency reported that Russian forces seized the village of Novoskeliuvate in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region.
