Ukraine Hits Drone Factory, Warehouse and Service Centre in Rostov-on-Don with Neptune Missiles
Ukraine's General Staff says the Neptune coastal missile system struck three drone-related sites in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don overnight on 13 November. The targets were a strike-drone production site, its storage facility and a drone service centre.
Ukraine's armed forces used the Neptune coastal missile system of the Ukrainian Navy to hit three drone-related facilities in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don overnight on 13 November, the Ukrainian General Staff reported. The strikes targeted part of the chain that supplies Russian front-line units with drones in the war against Ukraine.
According to the General Staff, the targets included a production site for tactical-level strike drones run by the company Ionos LLC, along with a storage site for that company's unmanned aerial vehicles.
Service centre for the Russian army
The second target was a drone service centre belonging to Aero-Hit LLC. The General Staff says drones are repaired and maintained there for the Russian army's needs. Aero-Hit is a Russian maker of strike and reconnaissance FPV drones called Veles. The company's production is based in Khabarovsk, while its service centre operates in Rostov-on-Don.
The General Staff's reasoning
The General Staff stressed that hitting production, storage and servicing together disrupts the whole chain: some drones will not be built, some burned in the warehouse, and damaged drones will take a long time to return to the front. In its assessment, fewer Russian drones means fewer attacks on Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
It also said Ukraine's defence forces, exercising the right to self-defence guaranteed by Article 51 of the UN Charter, will continue to take systematic steps to undermine the enemy's military-economic potential and force Russia to end its armed aggression against Ukraine.
The source gives no information on casualties or the extent of damage.
