Russia, Ukraine Trade 750 Drone Strikes in Deadly Overnight Barrage
Zelenskyy said the strike used domestically produced Flamingo missiles and hit a Roscosmos enterprise that makes Soyuz-2 launch vehicles for military satellites.
- On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukrainian forces struck the Progress Rocket and Space Centre in Russia's Samara region and the Savasleyka air base, damaging both facilities with long-range missiles.
- Kyiv has repeatedly targeted deep-Russian sites as part of a "long-range sanctions" strategy to reduce Russia's war potential and increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the four-year war.
- The Progress centre, a "key enterprise" for Roscosmos, produces launch vehicles for satellite networks, while Savasleyka hosts MiG-31K fighter jets capable of carrying Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missiles, according to the General Staff.
- In Samara, local officials reported a "massive missile attack," with regional capital head Ivan Noskov stating "Samara's industrial infrastructure sustained localised damage," though authorities did not specify which site was affected.
- Overnight, Russia launched 152 drones at Ukraine, injuring 28 people in the Kherson region and 11 in Dnipropetrovsk, while both sides continue intensifying long-range strikes against fuel and logistics infrastructure.
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Ukraine says it hit Russian rocket center
KYIV — Ukraine said Saturday its long-range strikes hit a Russian military airfield and a rocket center that Kyiv says supports Russia's nascent Starlink-style satellite internet network.
Ukraine Strikes at the Heart of Russia's Bid for Satellite Supremacy
Kyiv claimed a direct hit on a Russian rocket plant. Fires broke out. The target sat nearly 900 kilometers inside Russia. And the implications stretch far beyond one factory floor. Ukraine’s military said its long-range strikes on Aug. 15 struck both a military airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region and the Progress rocket and space centre in Samara. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the operation as part of a deliberate effort to erode Mo…
Ukraine carried out a massive missile attack on the Samara region, reported by local officials, the head of the region of Vyacheslav Fedorishchev stated that an industrial enterprise had been attacked, and he did not specify the victims and the consequences of the attack.
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