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Ukrainian missile strike reported on Titan-Barrikady plant in Volgograd

On the night of June 26-27, a military-industrial facility in Volgograd, identified by Ukrainian sources as the Titan-Barrikady plant, was hit by long-range missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the attack involved domestic FP-5 Flamingo missiles. Russian regional governor Andrei Bocharov confirmed that high-speed aerial targets struck an industrial site in the Krasnooktyabrsky district, resulting in at least 10 injuries and subsequent fires. Titan-Barrikady is a state-owned facility under Roscosmos that produces launchers for Yars, Topol-M, and Iskander-M missile systems. While Ukraine claims five missiles were launched and three hit the facility causing severe damage to workshops 2 and 38, Russian authorities have not explicitly named the factory. OSINT analysts, citing imagery from the scene, report extensive destruction to assembly lines and heavy machinery within the plant. The facility has been under international sanctions since the start of the conflict.

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