BREAKING NEWS: A plant producing fuel for Iskander missiles was hit near St. Petersburg, according to the General Staff.

Three production workshops were damaged at once.

On the night of November 9, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a plant producing solid propellant charges for Iskander-M ballistic missile engines . The facility is located near St. Petersburg. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported this on Telegram .

“Every Iskander that flies to a Ukrainian city has its own biography, and it begins not on the launch pad, but in the factory workshop where the fuel that lifts the missile into the sky is produced,” the statement said.

Military missile launcher beside a sign for the Morozov Design Bureau in winter

One such enterprise, the Morozov Plant, is located near St. Petersburg. This enterprise produces explosives and has developed solid propellant for the Topol-M missile system engines. The plant also manufactures and supplies solid propellant charges for the 9Kh820 engines of the 9M723 Iskander-M ballistic missile.

This military-industrial complex enterprise is part of the state corporation Rostec and is one of the important links in the chain that supplies the Russian army with ballistics.

“On the night of November 9, the Ukrainian Defense Forces intervened in this biography. Units struck the enterprise and damaged three production facilities at once,” the statement emphasized.

Meanwhile, the exact extent of the damage is being clarified. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces also explained the significance of the destruction of this plant for Ukraine.

“Each such strike makes it more difficult for the enemy to launch the Iskander missiles they use to strike our cities. The chain is broken at the very beginning, long before the launcher,” the statement noted.

How many Iskander missiles does Russia have?

As UNIAN reported, Russian invaders regularly launch Iskander-M ballistic missiles during massive combined attacks on Ukraine.

According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the current stockpile of 9M723 Iskander-M missiles is estimated at approximately 115 units . The Russian military-industrial complex produces approximately 65 of these missiles monthly.

(c)UNIAN 2026