Ukraine strikes industrial facility in Russia’s Volgograd

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• Ukraine says Flamingo missiles strike Russian military plant in Volgograd.

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• Writing on X, Zelenskyy said that FP-5 Flamingo missiles hit the Titan-Barrikady facility in Volgograd in southwestern Russia, describing it as a “major industrial complex” where Russia “produces artillery systems and specialized military equipment, including components for missile launch systems.” According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the facility manufactures equipment for missile systems, including self-propelled launchers and transport-loading vehicles for the Iskander-M missile system, which it said is “the same system Russia regularly uses to strike Ukrainian cities.” Volgograd Gov. Andrei Bocharov confirmed an attack on a business in the region’s Krasnooktyabrsky district, saying 10 people had been wounded and taken to a hospital.

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• 'Major' Russian Industrial Complex Struck in Volgograd by Ukraine Missiles. (AP) — Ukraine struck a major industrial facility in the Russian city of Volgograd, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, while a Russian drone attack killed a man in Ukraine´s northeastern Sumy region overnight.

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• Zelenskyy said Thursday he had ordered “a 40-day influence operation,” believed to mean an escalation of attacks, aimed at “compelling (Russia) to end the war” after U.S. peace efforts over the past year yielded no breakthrough.

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• The major nighttime attack targeted a dozen Russian regions, Russian-held Crimea and the surrounding seas, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said Friday, noting that Russian air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones.

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• Meanwhile, in Ukraine’s Sumy region, a 66-year-old man was killed overnight in a Russian drone strike on a private residence in the region, regional head Oleh Hryhorov said Saturday.

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• The attack came a day after Ukraine launched what appeared to be one of Kyiv’s biggest drone assaults since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion more than four years ago.

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• Ukraine has stepped up its long-range aerial attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities, aiming to cut Moscow´s revenue for the war and make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion, now in its fifth year.

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• Kyiv emphasized that operations against Russian defense industries will continue, arguing that facilities involved in manufacturing weapons used against Ukraine remain priority targets for long-range strikes.

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• The reported attack highlights Ukraine’s expanding ability to conduct deep strikes against strategic military-industrial infrastructure inside Russian territory as both sides continue to intensify long-range operations far beyond the frontline.

  according to Zambian Observer

• The campaign, which Zelenskyy has said aims to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, has choked Russian fuel supplies and military deliveries, stalling Moscow’s efforts on the battlefield and heaping pressure on Putin, Western officials and analysts say.

  according to ABC News — International

• Ukraine's state security service said Saturday morning that Ukrainian forces also struck an oil pumping facility in Russia’s Vladimir region that supplies fuel to Moscow, for the second time this month.

  according to ABC News — International

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• Ukraine says Flamingo missiles strike Russian military plant in Volgograd.

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• Writing on X, Zelenskyy said that FP-5 Flamingo missiles hit the Titan-Barrikady facility in Volgograd in southwestern Russia, describing…

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• 'Major' Russian Industrial Complex Struck in Volgograd by Ukraine Missiles. (AP) — Ukraine struck a major industrial facility in the…

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• Zelenskyy said Thursday he had ordered “a 40-day influence operation,” believed to mean an escalation of attacks, aimed at “compelling…

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• Meanwhile, in Ukraine’s Sumy region, a 66-year-old man was killed overnight in a Russian drone strike on a private residence in the region,…

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