Ukrainian strikes hit Russian aerospace facilities as ground fighting escalates

Ukrainian long-range attacks targeted several Russian defense and aerospace facilities, while intense ground combat continued across eastern Ukraine.

Satellite analysis and regional reports indicated strikes in the Samara region, damaging the Progress Rocket Space Centre—a key manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles—and the neighboring Aviakor aviation plant. Regional officials reported further drone and missile activity across the Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, and Rostov oblasts.

Concurrently, Ukrainian military leadership reported more than 250 operational clashes in a single 24-hour period. Russian forces mounted dozens of assaults near Lyman and Kostyantynivka, expanded their control south of Dobropillia, and pressed toward the Oskil River near Kupiansk. Russian forces also conducted a missile attack against a major Ukrainian metallurgical facility.

Sources: Mediazona, Point, Radio Svoboda, The Insider, Ukrainska Pravda