Ukrainian Forces Target Russian Missile Factory in Long-Range Strike

Ukrainian military officials report their forces successfully attacked a Russian ballistic missile manufacturing facility located deep within Russia's Udmurtia region. The strike targeted a plant that produces missiles used against Ukrainian infrastructure and caused damage and injuries according to local Russian officials.

Ukrainian military forces launched a successful attack against a Russian missile manufacturing facility located deep inside Russian territory, according to statements from Ukraine’s General Staff released Saturday.

The targeted facility in Votkinsk produces ballistic missiles for Russia’s military, including short-range Iskander missiles and intercontinental Topol-M weapons systems. The plant sits approximately 800 miles from Ukraine’s border, positioned east of Moscow in Russia’s remote Udmurtia region.

Ukrainian officials reported their military used domestically manufactured Flamingo cruise missiles launched from the ground to carry out the operation. The strike resulted in fires breaking out at the targeted location, according to Ukrainian military sources.

Regional Governor Alexander Brechalov confirmed that an overnight drone attack had occurred in the Udmurtia area, though he described the assault differently than Ukrainian reports.

“There has been damage and injuries as a result,” Brechalov stated in a video message shared through the Telegram platform, though he declined to provide additional specifics about the incident.

Flight operations were temporarily halted at the airport serving Izhevsk, Udmurtia’s primary city, along with airports in surrounding regions, according to Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsiya.

Local residents in Votkinsk reported hearing multiple explosions and drone activity during the overnight hours, according to the Russian Telegram channel SHOT, which frequently cites security service contacts.

Russian forces have been deploying these ballistic weapons alongside drone swarms to target Ukraine’s power grid and energy facilities, leaving millions of civilians without electricity and heating during winter months.

Ukrainian strategy has increasingly focused on striking military production sites and energy infrastructure located far inside Russian borders. Ukrainian leadership maintains that attacking weapons manufacturers and the energy systems supporting Russia’s war effort represents their most effective approach to gaining strategic advantage against their larger adversary as the conflict approaches its fifth year.

Ukrainian forces also reported striking a natural gas processing facility in Russia’s Samara region, though Russian regional authorities have not confirmed any such attack occurred.