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Russia Builds, Stores and Repairs Its Attack Drones in Rostov-on-Don—Ukraine’s Neptune Missiles Strike All Three Sites
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Ukraine’s Naval Forces struck three facilities involved in the production, storage, and maintenance of Russian military drones in Rostov-on-Don overnight on November 13, according to Ukraine’s General Staff.
The strikes were carried out using Neptune missiles launched by a coastal missile system operated by the Ukrainian Navy.
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According to the General Staff, the operation targeted facilities supporting Russia’s drone operations against Ukrainian military positions, cities, and energy infrastructure.
Among the targets was a production facility operated by the Russian company Ionos LLC, which manufactures tactical-level attack drones.
Ukrainian forces also struck a separate storage facility belonging to the same company, where unmanned aerial vehicles were reportedly kept before deployment.
A third target was a drone maintenance and repair center operated by Aero-Hit LLC, which services unmanned systems used by Russian forces on the front line.
Aero-Hit is a Russian manufacturer of Veles FPV drones, which are used for both attack and reconnaissance missions. While the company’s production facilities are located in Khabarovsk, its service center in Rostov-on-Don is responsible for repairing and maintaining drones used by the Russian military.
“Striking production facilities, warehouses, and maintenance centers means disrupting the entire supply chain at once. Some drones will never be manufactured, others have been destroyed in storage, and damaged unmanned aerial vehicles will not return to the front line for a long time. Fewer Russian drones mean fewer attacks on our soldiers and civilians,” General Staff added.
In a separate operation, Ukrainian troops struck and destroyed a Russian command center used to operate Molniya attack drones in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia region, approximately 10 kilometers behind the front line, according to Ukraine’s 7th Air Assault Corps.
The strike was conducted by the 237th Separate Unmanned Systems Battalion “Apache” of the 7th Air Assault Corps in coordination with neighboring Ukrainian military units.
According to the Ukrainian military, aerial reconnaissance teams intercepted signals from the Russian position and visually identified a military facility operating inside a five-story building.
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