Trump authorizes Ukraine to hit deep inside Russia with U.S.-made weapons, Kellogg says. Ukraine hits a Russian plant in the Bryansk region that manufactures military components. Ukraine downs a Russian helicopter with an FPV drone.
Trump authorizes Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia with U.S.-made weapons, Kellogg says
In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg said Trump had authorized Ukraine to carry out long-range strikes with U.S.-made weapons.
Kellogg was asked to clarify if Trump had greenlit Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons against Russia. “I think reading what he has said, and reading what Vice President Vance has said, as well as Secretary Rubio, the answer is yes. Use the ability to hit deep. There are no such things as sanctuaries,” Kellogg said.
When asked if Ukraine has the authority to hit deep inside Russia with U.S.-made weapons, he said: “It’s mixed. Sometimes they get some of the authority, sometimes they don’t,” adding that everybody should “follow what the President says. He’s the Commander in Chief, by the Constitution, and everybody falls in line. When the President says go left, you go left. If he says you go right, you right. That’s the President. (…) So when the president says do something, we just need to do that and complete the action.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has asked the United States to sell Tomahawk missiles to European nations that would send them to Ukraine. Tomahawks have a range of at least 1,500 miles. Kellogg confirmed earlier statements that Trump has not made a final decision on whether to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
Ukraine strikes Russian plant in Bryansk region that manufactures military components
Ukraine hit the Karachev Electrodetal Plant in Russia’s Bryansk region with Neptune cruise missiles in the early hours of Monday, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Commander of the Ukrainian Navy said on Monday afternoon. The plant manufactures military and industrial components.
“Missile troops and artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in cooperation with other branches of the military launched four missiles at the Karachev Electrodetal Plant in Russia’s Bryansk region as part of a campaign to weaken the capacities of the [Russian] occupational army. [The missiles] traveled more than 240 kilometers,” the General Staff said in a statement.
The Karachev Electrodetal Plant produces various electrical connectors for military and general industrial applications, including low-frequency, high-frequency, and combined connectors, it added. The products are used in aerospace, electronics, instrumentation, and other industries, ranging from printed‑circuit connectors and fittings for military equipment to components for aircraft, antennas, base stations and measurement instruments.
The facility also contributes to the production of Chimera FPV drones and has been sanctioned by the U.S., according to Ukraine’s defense intelligence
“We are correcting the work of Russian defense factories. At night, our Neptune missiles accurately hit Russia’s Karachev Electrodetal Plant. One more link in the enemy’s supply chain has been destroyed,” the Commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Vice Admiral Neizhpapa said in a post to social media Monday.
The strikes set the plant ablaze, according to the Russian Telegram channel Astra.
Local Russian media said Ukraine struck Karachev overnight, but only reported damage to private homes and a boiler facility. A missile alert was issued for the Karachev district overnight. The Russian defense ministry said it had shot down 24 fixed-wing drones over the Bryansk region.
Ukraine downs Russian helicopter with FPV drone
The 59th Separate Assault Brigade “Stepovi Khyzhaky” of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces took out a Russian Mi-8 multi-purpose helicopter near Kotlyarivka with an FPV drone, the military said in a statement on Monday. Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Major Robert Brovdi who goes by the call sign Magyar posted to social media a video showing the moment a helicopter was struck.
Russia has lost 345 helicopters since the invasion, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a daily update on Monday morning.
The incident is the second confirmed downing of a helicopter with a first-person view drone. The Special Operations Center A of Ukraine’s Security Service conducted the first such attack against a Russian helicopter in the Kursk region in August 2024, a Ukrainian army supply volunteer Serhiy Sternenko said.
