Ukraine Confirms Hits on Proton Plant, Tolyatti and Yeysk Airfield

Ukrainian Defense Forces struck key military-industrial facilities and an aviation base inside Russia on Friday, Oct. 23, and overnight into Saturday, Oct. 24, confirming direct hits on the Proton-Elektroteks plant in Oryol, the Tolyattikauchuk industrial plant in Samara region, and an aircraft stationed at the Yeysk airfield, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. According to an official dispatch released by the General Staff and reported by state news agency Ukrinform, the operations were conducted within Ukraine’s inherent right to self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter to degrade Russian military manufacturing and aerial strike capacity.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Damage has been confirmed to the main production building of JSC Proton-Elektroteks in the city of Oryol, Oryol region of the Russian Federation,” the General Staff announced. “This complicates the production of components for cruise and ballistic missiles used by the adversary to strike Ukrainian cities.” Degradation of missile microelectronics at Proton-Elektroteks Military authorities identified Proton-Elektroteks as a leading Russian enterprise providing a full manufacturing cycle for optoelectronic equipment and power semiconductor devices, spanning from raw crystal processing to finished modules. The General Staff noted that the Oryol facility produces specialized modules integrated into Russian S-71 “Kover” air-launched cruise missiles, alongside inverter-switches utilized in 9M723 ballistic missiles deployed by the Iskander-M mobile theater system. Other Topics of Interest Rubio Says War Is About Donbas, Requires Diplomatic Compromise US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the war is fundamentally about Donbas, arguing neither side can win militarily and both must offer concessions. Under inter-industry cooperative agreements, the plant also supplies critical electrical components integrated into combat vehicles of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile-gun system and its modern variants. The confirmed impact follows visual evidence indicating British-supplied Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles penetrated the industrial perimeter in Oryol on Oct. 23, causing upper-floor collapses and extensive structural damage across main assembly workshops. Strike on Tolyattikauchuk and solid rocket propellant output In the city of Tolyatti, located in Russia’s Samara region, Ukrainian units struck the Tolyattikauchuk chemical complex overnight into Saturday, Oct. 24, with military observers registering an explosion and a major industrial fire across the facility’s perimeter. The General Staff emphasized that beyond commercial petrochemical products – including monomers, hydrocarbon fractions, and high-octane gasoline additives – the enterprise manufactures synthetic rubbers that serve as a foundational raw material for producing solid rocket propellant utilized in Russian tactical and ballistic missile systems. The overnight drone assault in Tolyatti also prompted Russian authorities to order the precautionary evacuation of shifts at the neighboring AvtoVAZ automotive plant, Russia’s largest carmaker. Aircraft hit at Yeysk military airfield Ukrainian forces also targeted the Russian military airfield in Yeysk, located in the Krasnodar region along the Sea of Azov littoral. The General Staff confirmed that an aircraft stationed at the air base was struck during the operation, adding that the extent of the airframe’s operational degradation and secondary damage remains under technical assessment. The Yeysk airfield functions as a major staging and operations base for Russian naval aviation and tactical strike aircraft engaged in combat missions against Ukraine. The kinetic strikes inside Russia coincided with a systemic blackout that plunged large swathes of Russian-occupied Crimea into darkness overnight into Saturday, Oct. 24. Ukraine has sustained targeted interdiction operations against rear military-industrial facilities, rocket fuel synthesis hubs, and front-line combat aviation bases to constrain Moscow’s operational stamina and diminish the volume of standoff strikes targeting Ukrainian municipal networks ahead of winter. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.