AFU Strike Bryansk Chemical Plant with Storm Shadow

October 21, 2025October 22, 2025

On October 21, Ukrainian forces delivered the Bryansk Chemical Plant strike — hitting valuable industrial assets tied to the enemy’s military-industrial complex system. A combined strike targeted this strategic enterprise, where they manufacture gunpowder, explosives, and components for rocket fuel.

The Swamps¹ use these components to produce ammunition and missiles for attacks on Ukraine.

The massive combined strike employed not only drones but also Storm Shadow air-launched missiles. They successfully overcame russia’s air defense system. The General Staff confirmed this strike:

…On October 21, 2025, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ground Forces, Naval Forces, and other components of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, struck the Bryansk Chemical Plant. A massive combined missile and air strike was carried out, including Storm Shadow air-launched missiles, which overcame the russian air defense system…The Bryansk Chemical Plant is an important component of the aggressor country’s military-industrial complex. This enterprise produces gunpowder, explosives, and components for rocket fuel, particularly for ammunition and missiles that the enemy uses to shell Ukrainian territory…

Commander of USF (Unmanned Systems Forces) Robert “Madyar” Broudy was more straightforward in his characteristic manner (quote):

The Bryansk Chemical Plant hit last night by a combined strike of Ukraine’s Defense Forces isn’t about test tubes with compounds. This is a powerful fucking hammer blow to the khrobaks’² combat capability on the battlefield, here and now.
This is perhaps the largest near-front industrial production and repair base for heavy weapons that the khrobak army uses today on the battlefield: TOS “Solntsepyok”, the reactive mine-laying system “Zemledeliye”, restoration of all types of MLRS (Grad, Uragan, Tornado), production of ammunition for tube artillery, engineering munitions, and Kh-59 cruise missiles…

They delivered this strike before midnight. A bit later, something hit the Saransk Mechanical Plant in Mordovia. Local residents filmed the moment of strikes and the subsequent fire. For reference: among other things, this plant produces:

1. Mines — likely anti-personnel and engineering mines
2. Flash-bang grenades — used for special operations and enemy suppression
3. Anti-personnel engineering munitions — for creating barriers and defensive lines
4. Fuses and detonators — key components for explosive devices

The enterprise is part of the Rostec military enterprises system and has long been under sanctions. So something flew there precisely. The Armed Forces implemented practical application of sanctions against this specific plant. True, in those videos that ended up online, no secondary detonation is observed. But the most valuable thing there isn’t finished products or raw materials, but equipment — which produces neither particular fire nor explosions. In any case, it hit the right place.

Deep Strike: Drones Reach Dagestan

Then drones reached Dagestan and attacked the local oil depot “Dagnefteprodukt.” The consequences of the strikes will be known later. However, videos that appeared online show a drone hitting at least one of the tanks. They also attacked other enemy assets, including electrical substations. But that’s already dessert. In our case, what’s important is this: the enemy has been doing the same thing all these three years. For a very long time, the Armed Forces had nothing to respond with. Now — the enemy pays its price for such strikes. And the further it goes, the higher this price. At some point, the quantity of strikes will transform into quality. Because the Armed Forces don’t waste ammunition on terror against civilians.

It’s a shame there’s no statistics on what the ratio is between hits on clearly targeted objects versus those that can’t be considered profile targets for the Armed Forces versus the Orcs.³ If those who have the appropriate database made such an analysis, it would be revealing both for the civilized world and would become evidence for a war crimes tribunal. We don’t have such a database, but we hope someone will do this after all.

The Bryansk Chemical Plant strike and the hit on the Saransk Mechanical Plant in Mordovia exemplify Ukraine’s precise targeting strategy. While the enemy terrorizes civilians, Ukrainian forces methodically degrade Russia’s military-industrial capacity. Each such operation — whether hitting explosives factories, mechanical plants, or fuel depots — highlights the difference between legitimate military targeting and war crimes. That distinction will matter in future tribunals.

¹Swamps – ironic name for Russia, emphasizing decay, stagnation, and filth.

²Khrobak – term used by Madyar and USF pilots for the Pidars. Literally means “worm” in Ukrainian, emphasizing their expendable nature in russian military doctrine.

³Orcs – a common term for Russians who support or participate in the armed aggression against Ukraine.