Ukraine’s October deep strikes hit 7 defense industry enterprises and 3 russian military airfields
In October 2026, the Defence Forces of Ukraine continued systematic deep strike operations against strategic facilities in the russian federation using long-range strike capabilities.
Among the targets hit were defense industry plants, military airfields, aircraft, radar assets, and enemy military logistics.
In total, at least 30 targets on russian territory were hit in October, including:
- 7 enterprises and facilities of the military-industrial complex and the rocket and space industry;
- 3 military airfields;
- radar and military communications facilities;
- depots, command posts, repair units, a missile launcher, and a base for attack drones.
The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine highlights the most significant hits and their importance for weakening russia’s war machine.
Strikes on russia’s military-industrial complex: microchip and Kh-101 fuel workshops destroyed
In October, seven enterprises and facilities involved in weapons production were hit:
- Proton-Electrotex in Oryol (around 170 km from Ukraine’s state border), which manufactures electronic components for missiles. The main microchip production workshop was confirmed destroyed, and the building and servers were damaged;
- Kamensky Combine in Rostov Oblast (~200 km), which produces solid rocket propellant. Four production workshops were damaged, and a fire broke out at the finished goods warehouse;
- Energiya in Lipetsk Oblast (~280 km), which produces batteries for aerial bombs and missiles;
- Redkino Pilot Plant in Tver Oblast (~500 km), which produces fuel components for Kh-55 and Kh-101 missiles;
- Roboavia in Rostov Oblast (~180 km), a developer and manufacturer of drones for the russian military;
- the Center for the Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities (TsENKI) and the Center for the Elimination of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (~650 km).
Strikes on these facilities hinder the production of rocket fuel, electronics, weapon components, and drones.
Three russian military airfields and Su-34 aircraft hit
Ukrainian units hit three military airfields: Borisoglebsk in Voronezh Oblast (around 340 km from Ukraine’s state border), Marinovka in Volgograd Oblast (~300 km), and Yeysk in Krasnodar Krai (~150 km).
Damage to six Su-34 aircraft has been confirmed at Borisoglebsk airfield. At Marinovka airfield, missile forces of the Ukrainian Navy destroyed two more Su-34s with Neptune coastal missile systems on October 29. Their estimated value is around $100 million. An aircraft was also hit at Yeysk airfield.
The Su-34 is one of the russian military’s main platforms for delivering glide bombs. Destroying these aircraft reduces the enemy’s ability to strike Ukrainian cities, frontline areas, and positions of the Defence Forces with glide bombs.
Nebo-U radar worth $100 million and an Iskander launcher destroyed
In the area of Magri in Krasnodar Krai (around 450 km from Ukraine’s border), a 55Zh6U Nebo-U radar station with an estimated value of $100 million was hit. A mesh network repeater used by russian units was also hit in the Black Sea.
Other targets included an Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system launcher in Kursk Oblast, command posts, ammunition and logistics depots, repair units, and a field artillery depot.
Strikes on such facilities reduce the russian military’s firepower and logistics capabilities and hinder ammunition supplies, equipment repairs, and preparations for new attacks on Ukraine.
October’s deep-strike operations against russia are another step toward increasing the cost of waging war for russia. The aggressor must and will pay a high price for its actions.
As previously reported, the Defence Procurement Agency DOT launched its first tender to procure deep-strike UAVs based on tactical and technical specifications provided by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. These are long-range attack drones designed to strike targets deep inside enemy territory.
