“During the night of June 24, 2026, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant and the only helium plant in russia in the Orenburg oblast of the russian federation. The distance to the target exceeded 1,200 km from the line of combat contact. Fires were recorded on the territory of the facilities. The extent of the damage is being clarified”, - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on June 24.
The Orenburg Gas Processing Plant (GPP) and the Orenburg Helium Plant form a single complex.
The GPP produces purified natural gas and sulfur, which is used, among other things, in the manufacture of explosives and black powder.
The helium plant receives purified sulfur-free gas and, through deep cooling, extracts its most valuable components — helium (an inert gas used in liquid-fueled rocket engines and guidance systems) and ethane, which is a key raw material for the production of specialty plastics, cable insulation for aviation, and plasticizers for solid rocket fuels and propellants.
The Orenburg GPP is one of the largest gas-chemical complexes in the world, commissioned in 1974 with the participation of foreign specialists.
The plant has a capacity of 45 billion cubic meters of gas per year. It accounts for about 60% of all gas processed by Gazprom Pererabotka.
In the Belgorod oblast of the russian federation, an enemy FPV drone warehouse near Alekseyevka was also hit.
In addition, strikes were carried out against command posts for russian military drones in the areas of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk oblast, Basan and Hrozove in the Zaporizhzhia oblast, Tetkino and Popovo-Lezhachi in the Kursk oblast of the russian federation, and Zhuravlyovka in the Belgorod oblast.
Analysis of the data also confirmed the destruction of two enemy unmanned surface vessels on June 23, 2026, in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
In addition, damage to two buildings followed by fires on the territory of the Vladimir Space Communications Center in the Vladimir oblast of the russian federation has been confirmed.
The center ensures the operation of satellite and deep-space communication systems, which are used, among other things, in the interests of the security agencies of the aggressor state.