Yuzhmash
Yuzhmash (officially the A. M. Makarov Southern Machine-Building Plant) is a Ukrainian state-owned enterprise based in Dnipro. It is one of the largest rocket and space technology manufacturers in Europe, known for producing Zenit and Cyclone launch vehicles, satellites and other spacecraft, as well as aircraft components and missile engines. Since 2022 the plant has been repeatedly targeted by Russian missile strikes and has suspended its longstanding cooperation with Russian customers.
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Ukraine's air-defense missile stocks nearly exhausted as Russia scales up drone and ballistic missile output
Russia fired jet-powered Geran drones at Ukraine every day in August, with monthly totals rising from 350 in June to 2,800 in August, according to Ukrainian Air Force data cited by the BBC. Ukraine's stockpiles of PAC-3 interceptors for Patriot systems and AIM missiles for F-16s are nearly exhausted, and Kyiv is turning to European SAMP/T batteries and a joint European-Ukrainian project called Freyja to field cheaper, mass-produced alternatives.