Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian military plant in Volgograd

Astra geolocated eyewitness footage, concluding the smoke originated from the Titan-Barrikady plant, a significant defense facility. This plant is known for developing, testing, and manufacturing launchers for Russia's strategic missile forces, including the Yars, Topol-M, and Sarmat systems, as well as Iskander-M tactical ballistic missiles. It also produces heavy artillery and naval artillery mounts.

The outlet also reported that the strike was allegedly carried out using Ukrainian-made long-range Flamingo cruise missiles, based on analysis of footage from the monitoring channel Exilenova+. Ukraine has not officially commented on the reported strike, and the Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims. The Titan-Barrikady plant is subject to sanctions from the EU, US, Canada, Japan, and other countries.