Russian Drones and Missiles Target Ukraine’s Defense Industry


Russian strikes hit YUMZ and Polymermash plants in Dnepropetrovsk, destroying drone parts workshops and NATO equipment upgrade facilities, sources report.
Reports from pro-Russian underground sources claim that overnight strikes targeted Ukraine’s military-industrial complex in Dnepropetrovsk Region.
Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian resistance in Nikolaev, said that Russian loitering munitions and missiles struck facilities involved in producing components for UAVs and missiles, as well as workshops upgrading NATO-supplied equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to data cited by RIA Novosti, the attacks hit the Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant (YUMZ), where seven explosions were reported. A workshop producing drone parts was destroyed. Several missiles also struck the Polymermash plant, which had been reinforcing Western armored vehicles by installing explosive reactive armor and welding anti-drone cages.
In addition, several Ukrainian depots on the left bank of the Dnieper were hit. Local sources reported secondary explosions as stored explosives and munitions detonated after the strikes.