Ukrainian drones hit Samara Oblast rocket-fuel rubber plant for the third time this year

Ukrainian drones have attacked a plant in Russia's Samara Oblast that makes rubber used in rocket fuel, the third such strike this year. According to Euromaidan Press, the drones this time also reached the raw-material shop that supplies the facility.

The attack forms part of Ukraine's strikes on Russian industrial sites linked to the war effort. The target here is butyl-rubber production, which the outlet describes as feeding rocket-fuel manufacturing.

Earlier strikes

OSINT channels, which analyse open-source information such as images and public reports, recorded fires at the same butyl-rubber shops in April and September. That makes this the third recorded attack on the plant this year.

The source gives no details on the scale of the damage, any halt in production or comments from Russian officials. No independent confirmation is mentioned in this brief report.