Ukraine strikes Russia with Neptune missiles, reportedly destroys A-60 aircraft
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Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:48:00 +0200

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff reported the information.The attack was a joint operation by units from the Rocket Forces and Artillery, Special Operations Forces, the Navy's coastal missile forces, and the Unmanned Systems Forces, which used Bars jet UAVs and Neptune cruise missiles.In the city of Taganrog, Rostov region, Russian Federation, strikes were carried out on the Beriev TANTK Aircraft Repair Plant and the Atlant Aero enterprise, which produces Molniya UAVs.Numerous explosions and significant fires were observed at the facilities.During the strike on the Beriev TANTK plant, the experimental A-60 aircraft was likely hit. This facility also repairs and modernizes A-50 AWACS aircraft and Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers.Furthermore, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, in close cooperation, successfully attacked the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk, as well as the Tuapse oil refinery in the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation.According to preliminary information, the targets in Novorossiysk were oil loading stands (devices for loading/unloading oil to tankers) and a launcher from an S-400 air defense system.The extent of the damage is being clarified.On November 18, the Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully used ATACMS missile systems for precision strikes on military targets within Russian territory.According to aviation expert Anatolii Khrapchynskyi, Russia's Tu-95MS bomber modernization was halted by a Ukrainian strike.






