Russia just lost part of its missile fuel supply chain

Ukraine just hit a Russian weapons factory.

And not just any factory. This one makes the fuel for Iskander missiles — the exact missiles Russia fires into Ukrainian cities.

So here's what happened. Overnight, a few hours ago, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck the Morozov Plant. It sits in Russia's Leningrad region, near St Petersburg.

Ukraine's General Staff says its units hit three production workshops at the site, all in one operation.

Now, what does this plant actually make? Solid-propellant charges. For the engines inside Iskander-M ballistic missiles. It also developed solid rocket fuel for Russia's Topol-M intercontinental missiles. And it's part of Rostec, Russia's state-owned defence conglomerate.

So think about what that means. This isn't a strike on a missile. It isn't a strike on a launcher. It's a strike on the fuel. The thing that makes the missile fly, before any of that even happens.

Ukraine's General Staff called the plant one of the important links in the chain that supplies Russia's army with ballistic missiles.

And here's their reasoning. They say every strike like this makes it harder for Russia to produce the missiles it uses to hit Ukrainian cities. They say quote "the chain is broken at the very beginning, long before the launcher".

That's Ukraine saying it's going after the start of the supply line, not the end of it.

Ukraine's General Staff also says it's acting under its right to self-defence, under Article 51 of the UN Charter. It says it's working systematically to undermine Russia's ability to keep fighting, both militarily and economically.

And that's not a small claim. Ukraine is saying this strike, and others like it, are part of a deliberate campaign to wear down Russia's war economy from the inside — not just its front line.