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strikeAug 17, 2026

Ukraine Strikes Rocket Factory Critical to Russia's Space Program

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Ukraine Strikes Rocket Factory Critical to Russia's Space Program

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  • currentsapi-gapfill(Mixed)By Ellyn Lapointe

    Russia’s space program just suffered a serious casualty in the war with Ukraine. On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that his forces carried out a missile strike that damaged the Progress Rocket Space Center in Russia’s Samara region, which assembles So…

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