The General Staff confirmed the strike on the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant and helium plant, damage to the space communications center in the russian federation
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The Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the Orenburg gas processing and helium plants on the night of June 24. The buildings of the "Vladimir" space communications center in the Vladimir region were also damaged.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the strike on the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant and the helium plant, as well as damage to the buildings of the "Vladimir" space communications center, UNN reports.
On the night of June 24, 2026, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Orenburg region of the Russian Federation struck the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant and the only helium plant in Russia. The distance is over 1200 km from the line of combat contact. A fire was recorded on the territory of the enterprises.
The scale of the damage is being clarified.
The Orenburg Gas Processing Plant (GPP) and the Orenburg Helium Plant (OHP), as indicated, form a single complex.
The GPP extracts purified natural gas and sulfur (which, in particular, is used for the production of explosives and black powder).
The OHP, in turn, takes the purified sulfur-free gas and, using the deep cooling method, extracts the most valuable components from it - helium (an inert gas used in liquid-fuel rocket engines and guidance systems) and ethane (which is a key component for raw materials in the synthesis of special plastics, cable insulation for aviation, and key plasticizers for solid rocket fuels and powders).
The Orenburg GPP is one of the largest gas chemical complexes in the world, commissioned in 1974 (built with the participation of foreigners).
The facility's capacity is 45 billion cubic meters of gas per year; the plant accounts for 60% of all gas processed by Gazprom Pererabotka.
Fire after the strike on the Orenburg GPP
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Other targets whose strikes were confirmed by the General Staff
"In the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, a warehouse of enemy FPV drones in the area of Alekseyevka was struck. Also, strikes were carried out on enemy UAV control points in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Basan and Hrozove, Zaporizhzhia region, Tyotkino and Popovo-Lezhachi, Kursk region of the Russian Federation, as well as Zhuravlivka, Belgorod region of the Russian Federation," the General Staff's statement reads.
"In addition, based on the results of data analysis, the destruction of two enemy unmanned surface boats on June 23, 2026 in the northwestern part of the Black Sea water area was confirmed," the General Staff stated.
In addition, damage to two buildings with subsequent burning on the territory of the "Vladimir" space communications center in the Vladimir region of the Russian Federation was confirmed
The center, as indicated, ensures the functioning of satellite and deep space communication systems, which are used, in particular, in the interests of the security forces of the aggressor state.