Large factories, missile range and arsenals: what facilities were struck by the Defense Forces in 2026

During January and February 2026, units of the Ukrainian troops managed to strike a number of Russian facilities, including three large military-industrial complex enterprises, a missile range, and two arsenals.

The Ministry of Defense was notified about this .

On the night of January 13, the Atlant Aero enterprise in Taganrog was hit by Ukrainian-made missiles . Explosions and a fire were recorded in the area of the production buildings.

The enterprise specializes in the design, manufacture, and testing of Molniya strike and reconnaissance drones, as well as components for Orion drones.

Early next month, the Defense Forces successfully struck the Russian Federation’s central inter-service training ground, Kapustin Yar, in the Astrakhan region. According to the defense ministry, this is one of the enemy’s most important missile training grounds, where the latest weapons, including the Oreshnik, are tested.

As a result of the attack, a technical facility for servicing medium-range ballistic missiles, an assembly building, and a logistics warehouse were damaged there.

On February 9, information appeared about the destruction of a UAV warehouse in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, as a result of which three containers with FPV drones, about 6 thousand drones and components were destroyed, and several containers with UAVs were damaged.

A few days later, the Defense Forces used Flamingo missiles to strike an arsenal of complex storage of missiles , ammunition, and explosives near the settlement of Kotluban in the Volgograd region.

“This is one of the largest ammunition storage sites for the Russian army,” the Ministry of Defense assured.

In Michurinsk, Tambov region, the Progress plant , which is involved in supplying the occupiers, was hit . It is known that the enterprise specializes in the production of high-tech equipment for aviation and missile systems.

Among other things, on the night of February 21, Ukrainian cruise missiles attacked the Votkinsky Plant in Udmurtia, an enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex. The facility produces various types of ballistic missiles.

As a result of the Flamingo strike, production workshop No. 22 at the plant was destroyed.

“Strikes against such facilities are needed to stop the Russian war machine. This makes it possible to reduce the enemy’s capabilities to produce and store weapons, as well as weaken its ability to strike peaceful cities of Ukraine with missiles and drones,” the Ministry of Defense emphasized.

Previously, units of the Navy and the SSR conducted a successful operation in the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea , attacking a number of enemy targets.

Recall, on March 7 and 8 , the Ukrainian military launched strikes on Russian military facilities , in particular in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

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