According to unconfirmed reports, the target of the Ukrainian cruise missile attack on Oryol was the Proton plant. The Proton plant specializes in the production of components for Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles, air-launched cruise missiles of the type S-71K "Kubior" and Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missiles. It was previously hit by several Storm Shadow cruise missiles on October 23. Today's attack was carried out by FP-5 "Flamingo" or Neptune cruise missiles.