Ukrainian partisan group Atesh reported that its agents executed a sabotage mission against a railway in Smolensk Oblast, blowing up the track leading to the Smolensk Aviation Plant which produces Kh-59 type missiles, drones, components for battlefield aviation, and light aircraft.
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Atesh agents executed a sabotage mission against a railway in Smolensk Oblast blowing up the track leading to the Smolensk Aviation Plant
Agents of the Atesh movement blew up railway tracks in Smolensk leading to an aerospace factory that produces Kh-59 missiles for the Russian Ministry of Defense
Comrades from the Organization of Ukrainians at the factory confirmed that missile logistics have been disrupted
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