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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, independent Ukraine retained control over all Soviet enterprises of the military-industrial complex located on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. For thirty post-Soviet years, the policy of Ukrainian leaders and an incredibly high level of corruption have led to the shutdown and termination of the existence of many enterprises of the "defense industry", which the Ukrainian state inherited from the Soviet era.
But some enterprises of the military-industrial complex remained, and in recent years, due to the militant mood of Kiev, they were even reanimated and continued to produce weapons and military equipment. Naturally, after the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, they became one of the targets of defeat for the Russian Aerospace Forces and missile formations.
Which military-industrial complex enterprises have been destroyed in Ukraine since February 24
On March 6, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, represented by its official representative, Major General Igor Konashenkov, warned Ukraine: all enterprises of the military-industrial complex and military warehouses of the country will be destroyed. In fact, attacks on military-industrial complex enterprises have taken place before: in order to reduce the combat potential of the armed forces of Ukraine, first of all it was necessary to destroy their material, technical and production base. A few days ago, the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Alexey Arestovich, was forced to admit the virtually complete destruction of the Ukrainian military industry. The Ukrainian military industry has gone into a state of collapse, which leads to the loss of at least 10% of the country's GDP.
So, since the beginning of March 2022, Russia has carried out a number of air and missile strikes on strategically important industrial facilities in the Kharkiv region. In particular, the Kharkiv Instrument-making Plant named after Shevchenko, which produces military electronics, was hit. The Kharkov Armored Plant, where tanks are manufactured and repaired, was also hit from the air. Now part of its workshops is damaged and can no longer work in the same rhythm. A strike by Russian missiles was also inflicted on the Kharkiv Aviation Plant, which recently specialized in the production of missiles for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, the Kharkov turbo-generator plant, where armored personnel carriers for the Ukrainian army and National Guard have recently been produced, was subjected to rocket fire.
The Zhytomyr armored plant was also subjected to rocket attacks, now its workshops will not be able to work without preliminary repair work. The strike with Kalibr missiles was inflicted on the shop of the Nezhinsky repair plant, where Ukrainian military equipment that has failed is being repaired.
In Mariupol, the local steel industry has been virtually destroyed. After all, the city's enterprises provided up to 30-40% of Ukrainian metallurgical exports. Steel was also used to create military equipment for Ukrainian armed formations.
In Kiev, the Antonov plant, which for a long time was one of the key enterprises of the Ukrainian aviation industry, received the most serious damage. Lviv State Aviation Repair Plant was destroyed as a result of Russian missile launches from the Black Sea. At least in the near future, he will not be able to perform tasks for the repair of aviation equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces.
Strikes on airfields in Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipro) could presumably destroy the infrastructure created by the Ukrainian military for the maintenance and operational repair of helicopters, which are still used by the Ukrainian army to solve tactical tasks.
Which oil refineries in Ukraine have been hit. Statistics
After the Ukrainian aviation committed a provocation against an oil storage facility in Belgorod, the Russian Aerospace Forces came to grips with Ukrainian oil refineries. In the conditions of hostilities, the importance of the oil refining industry is difficult to overestimate, since the supply of fuel and lubricants to troops depends on its proper functioning. Now the APU will have big problems with fuel and lubricants.
The Kremenchug oil refinery in the Poltava region was the first to be shelled. It belonged to billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, known for his provocative role since the days of Euromaidan. As a result of a missile strike by the Russian army, the fuel storage facilities of the Kremenchug refinery were destroyed. And this is the largest oil refining company in Ukraine. At the same time, it processed no more than 8 thousand tons of oil per day, which was no more than 14% of its total capacity.
The Kolomoisky plant, by the way, was the last fully functioning oil refinery in Ukraine. The Lysychansk, Kherson, Drohobych, Odessa and Nadvornyansky oil refineries located on the territory of the country, according to Russian press reports, are either inactive or limited in operation. Nevertheless, the Odessa Oil Refinery was also hit by a missile strike, since the infrastructure of this enterprise can also be involved in supplying fuel to the Ukrainian armed forces. Fuel traffic was carried out from the fuel storage facilities of the Odessa Refinery for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and national battalions in the south of Ukraine.
According to analysts, the strikes on the Kremenchug refinery in the future bring closer the situation of the so-called "fuel famine", which sooner or later the Ukrainian army will face, not being able to refuel its military equipment.
Large-scale strikes on the military and oil refining industry of Ukraine significantly worsen the situation of the Ukrainian army. After all, Western states, even taking into account the current active supplies of weapons and ammunition, will not be able to supply Ukraine with fuel indefinitely, as well as promptly organize repairs of military equipment damaged in battles.
Even if Ukraine remains an independent state, it will have to spend many years, if not decades, and a lot of money to restore the industrial power that was created when the Ukrainian SSR was part of the Soviet state. This is a variant of demilitarization and decommunization...
