Strike on Redkino Chemical Plant: Missile Fuel Production Halted

February 7, 2026February 8, 2026

We’re observing consequences of the enemy strike on Ukraine’s energy system with our own eyes right now. Something similar was expected precisely last night, about which we wrote in detail earlier. But the enemy received an asymmetric response that may cost very dearly for their military-industrial complex. Before midnight, Ukrainian forces delivered a drone strike on Redkino Chemical Plant in russia’s Tver Oblast. Right now we try not to emphasize such topics for a quite understandable reason.

When consuming information of this kind, you need to answer a simple question for yourself: what do you need from this flow — “checkers or to ride”? If the first, then in that case you can describe the places struck as much as you want, but the question lies in how serious the damage from this strike was. When “plant” or “enterprise” goes together with a strike delivered by drones on it, it makes sense to calmly look at what they managed to do there.

Why Drone Strikes Usually Fail Against Military Plants

Those who had the opportunity to visit a military plant or enterprise standing in the defense industry supply chain producing the same explosives probably know that such plant workshops follow different designs. Much higher stability parameters against various troubles, including explosions, get built in. This concerns both building structures and how key elements that could pose particular danger in terms of explosions or fire sit inside. Such buildings have their own classification and aren’t built like a sewing factory or brewery.

For this reason, a drone strike with a 50+ kilogram warhead won’t cause serious damage. Unless it hits some particularly vulnerable spot. At the same time, the drone itself may hit the workshop roof or wall, but this won’t lead to structural collapse, fire, or detonation of what sits inside. Therefore such a strike can bring satisfaction with its precision or ability to overcome enemy air defense systems, but taking out the plant or some important production section — very unlikely.

Different thing when missiles arrive at plant workshops. Usually they carry 5 or 10 times larger warhead charges, plus they fly many times faster than drones. Therefore even the kinetic impact of a cruise missile causes much greater damage. Especially a ballistic missile flying into the roof. But several sources from that side immediately howled and told about traitors giving Ukraine layouts of valuable assets at the plant, so the strike even with small strike assets gave very serious effect. After strikes, fire broke out there, and something so chemical burned there that staying near the ignition site proved impossible without special breathing devices. Overall, if “chemistry” burned, they hit where needed. The strike on Redkino Chemical Plant achieved exactly what intelligence sources promised it would.

The Plant Produces Rocket Fuel Components:

1. Fuel components for Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles. This includes Decilin-M fuel elements used in these missiles;
2. Additives for diesel fuel and aviation kerosene used in military equipment;
3. Special Chemical Materials for Dual and Military Use;

The plant engages in experimental and small-batch production of special chemical components used in various military programs. It historically enters russian defense industry supply chains.

Perfect Targeting

As we see, strike arrived where needed. The SBU planned and executed the strike. Right there they planned the operation, resulting in a successful strike on an enterprise located a thousand kilometers from Ukraine’s borders. And by the way, this means the Service truly received precise information about how to cause maximum damage with minimal means.

Considering the enemy now uses missiles “off the wheels” and some missile fragments bear 2026 markings, substantial interruptions in missile fuel supplies can have the most positive consequences. And judging by the pitch of Orcs’* howling, restoring production will take a long time. The strike on Redkino Chemical Plant demonstrates Ukraine’s growing capability to hit critical defense infrastructure deep inside enemy territory with surgical precision.

*Orcs – a common term for Russians who support or participate in the armed aggression against Ukraine. Dehumanizing? Yes. Accurate? Also yes.