Ukraine hits Russian rocket-fuel plant with Neptune missiles in overnight strike

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian factory that makes fuel for rocket launchers overnight on 30–31 October, using Neptune cruise missiles and attack drones, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Saturday, 31 October.

The target was the Kamensky Combine in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, in Russia’s Rostov region, about 15 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. The plant makes solid rocket propellant for the Uragan, Smerch and Tornado-S multiple-launch rocket systems, as well as fuel for other missiles and aircraft weapons. According to the General Staff, the strike set fire to a warehouse holding finished products and damaged four production workshops. Ukraine also said it hit four Russian military supply depots in occupied parts of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk regions on the same night.

The reports have not been independently verified, and Russian officials had not commented on the strike as of Saturday. The plant is one of Russia’s largest chemical plants and has been sanctioned by the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States for its role in the war. The same night, Russia launched 134 drones at Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian strikes on power plants left around 200,000 households in Dnipropetrovsk region and more than 80,000 in Kyiv region without power.

Why it matters

Rocket fuel is a weak point in Russia’s weapons industry: without propellant, rocket launchers cannot fire. Ukraine’s General Staff said strikes on propellant plants reduce Russia’s ability to attack Ukrainian towns and cities with those weapons. The attack is part of a wider Ukrainian campaign since the summer against Russian refineries, factories and airfields, aimed at slowing the weapons and fuel that keep the war going.

What happens next

Ukraine is expected to keep up its long-range strikes, while Russia is likely to keep hitting Ukrainian power supplies as winter approaches. Independent confirmation of the damage at Kamensky, for example from satellite images, may take days. The plant’s operator and Russian officials have not yet said whether production has stopped.

This article is for general information and education only. It is not legal or financial advice.

Sources

• https://www.europesays.com/ukraine/63775/ (Kyiv Independent, 31 October 2026)
• https://www.kyivpost.com/post/88751 (Kyiv Post, 31 October 2026)
• https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-31-2026/ (Institute for the Study of War, 31 October 2026)