Satellite imagery published by the open-source intelligence site Exilenova+ has confirmed a successful Ukrainian strike on the research and production branch of the NTC Radar scientific center in Rostov Oblast (on the Azov Sea) struck overnight between May 7th and 8th.

According to Exilenova+, the main building was completely destroyed, while a second structure partially burned out. Two additional drone strikes hit rooftops, penetrating them and likely causing fires inside adjacent buildings whose function has not been publicly identified.

NTC Radar, formally the Scientific and Technical Center Radar, is a Russian defense research and production enterprise. Its Rostov branch represents the kind of facility that sits at the intersection of military electronics development and production — the institutional infrastructure that translates radar and electronic systems research into fielded military hardware, states Exilenova+. Strikes against facilities of this type target Russia’s defense industrial capacity at the research and development layer rather than the manufacturing floor, with the goal of disrupting the pipeline through which new and upgraded military systems reach the front.

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