Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported a coordinated rocket-and-air operation that it said penetrated Russian air defenses to target the Bryansk chemical plant known as “50 Years of the USSR.”
- The plant is described in Russian sources as a major producer of explosives, propellants and rocket warhead fillings for the defense industry.
- Russia’s military said it downed 57 Ukrainian drones over Bryansk region and did not confirm damage at the facility.
- Videos circulating on social media show fires at the plant, though the extent of destruction has not been independently verified.
- The strikes coincided with Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and other cities, where authorities reported fatalities and fires at energy sites.