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By Brendan Cole
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Ukraine used a U.S.-supplied ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System to strike an aviation facility inside Russian territory, it has been reported.
Videos posted on social media captured explosions that started around 3.30 a.m. Wednesday in the city of Taganrog on the Azov Sea coast, around 100 miles from the frontline of the war started by Vladimir Putin.
The Baza Telegram channel, which is linked to Russia's security forces, said that preliminary information had pointed to ATACMS ballistic missiles being fired, although this has not been officially confirmed.
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However, other social media channels, like pro-Ukrainian Telegram account Politics of the Country, said that Ukraine used Palyanytsia drone missiles, which at around 100 pounds are roughly the weight of the Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia uses.
Newsweek has contacted the Russian and Ukrainian defense ministries for comment.
Last month, the Biden administration gave Ukraine permission to use the U.S.-supplied system inside Russian territory, having previously imposed restrictions for fear of escalation.
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Local residents said that the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex had been targeted. Due to the war, the plant is under EU and U.S. sanctions. There is another aircraft facility nearby, according to the channel.
The ASTRA Telegram channel said that video showed an aircraft repair plant had been targeted, although there was no information about damage or casualties.
Taganrog is one of the main cities in the southern Rostov region, and its acting governor Yuri Slyusar said that a missile attack damaged an industrial enterprise and cars in its parking lot, without providing further details.
His post said the extent of the damage is being clarified and that air defense systems were activated near Kamensk. "One enemy UAV was destroyed. According to operational services, there are no casualties or damage on the ground," he added in a follow-up post four hours later.
Often without directly claiming direct responsibility, Ukraine has carried out numerous drone strikes on Russian infrastructure, such as oil processing and military sites, which aim to choke Putin's war effort.
Also overnight Tuesday, Ukrainian forces struck an oil-loading pipeline which burst alight near the city of Bryansk, 60 miles north of the Ukrainian border, according to Ukraine's General Staff.
The NP Bryansk loading station of the Druzhba oil pipeline received, stored and distributed diesel fuel for tankers and cargo trains used to supply Russian forces, the General Staff.
It comes as Russia steps up its attacks against Ukrainian energy facilities which will test the resolve of Ukrainians during a harsh winter. On November 28, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said that Russia had struck a "massive blow" to the nation's power grid.
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