Ukraine Strikes Russian Rocket Propellant Plant in Rostov Region

Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the state-owned Kombinat Kamensky plant in Russia's Rostov region overnight on Aug. 23-24, sparking a fire, Ukraine's General Staff reported. The facility produces solid rocket propellant for Uragan, Smerch and Tornado-S multiple rocket launcher systems, as well as other missile and air-launched weapons. The extent of the damage is being assessed. The strike follows an Aug. 22 attack on a Russian oil loading complex in Krasnodar Krai.