Ukrainian Neptune missile could hit Russian warehouses near Mariupol

The Ukrainian Defence Forces have reported that their units have recently struck a Russian military facility located in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol.

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"According to confirmed reports, the strike destroyed both the infrastructure of the storage facilities and tonnes of ammunition that the invaders were stockpiling for use on the territory of Ukraine," the Ukrainian Navy's press service said. No other details about the strike have been released yet.

Defense Express wrote that if it was the Ukrainian Navy that reported on the destruction of the enemy's warehouses, it can be assumed that the strike was carried out by Ukrainian Neptune cruise missiles.

Given that the target was located less than 100 km from the front line, one can also speculate that the Ukrainian defence industry is increasing the production of its own cruise missiles. However, this probably also means that there is an acute shortage of Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG or ATACMS cruise missiles.

Previously, the JFO has probably already used Neptune to strike directly at Russian territory. For example, in July, the General Staff hinted that the Ukrainian Navy had struck a storage facility for equipment and weapons of the Russian occupation forces in the Kursk region.

And in August, Neptune allegedly "visited" Rostov Oblast, where it hit an S-300 system that was covering the Novoshakhtynsk oil refinery.

Source: Defence Express