Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff said Neptune cruise missiles hit the Atlant Aero plant in Taganrog, confirming two production buildings destroyed and four damaged.
- Officials identified Atlant Aero as a site that designs, builds, and tests Molniya combat and reconnaissance drones and makes components for the Orion UAV.
- The military said disabling these workshops will reduce Russia’s ability to launch drone attacks on civilian sites in Ukraine.
- A separate strike damaged the conning tower of a Project 22460 patrol boat operated by Russia’s FSB Border Service in Sevastopol.
- Ukrinform relayed the General Staff’s Facebook confirmation, and Ukrainska Pravda shared satellite images that show widespread damage at the plant.