Russian forces used 9M27F HE-fragmentation rockets fired from Uragan multiple rocket launchers in documented strikes on Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast.
| Claim | Sources |
|---|---|
| Russian forces used an Uragan MLRS firing a 9M27F rocket against Kostiantynivka on November 1, 2023. | Sources: Kostiantynivka Situation 2023-11-02 |
| Russian forces used an Uragan MLRS firing a 9M27F rocket against the right-bank part of Kostiantynivka on February 21, 2024. | Sources: Kostiantynivka Situation 2024-02-22 |
| The 9M27F is a 220 mm Uragan-family HE-fragmentation rocket with a 10 to 35 km range class. | Sources: Splav 9M27F Archived, Missilery 9M27F |
Timeline
Kostiantynivka City Military Administration reported that Russian forces shelled Kostiantynivka from 19:20 to 19:45 with an Uragan MLRS firing a 9M27F rocket, damaging three private homes.
Sources: Kostiantynivka Situation 2023-11-02
The administration reported a 13:00 Russian Uragan strike on the right-bank part of Kostiantynivka using a 9M27F rocket, damaging homes, a power line, and outbuildings.
Sources: Kostiantynivka Situation 2024-02-22
Kostiantynivka City Military Administration identified two Russian Uragan attacks on Kostiantynivka that used 9M27F rockets with separable high-explosive fragmentation warheads. Its November 2, 2023 situation report said Russian forces shelled the city between 19:20 and 19:45 on November 1 with an Uragan MLRS and a 9M27F projectile, damaging three private residential houses.
The same administration reported another Uragan strike on the right-bank part of Kostiantynivka at 13:00 on February 21, 2024. That report again identified the munition as a 9M27F rocket with a separable high-explosive fragmentation warhead and recorded damage to seven private homes, a DTEK power line, and outbuildings, with no killed or wounded found at the site.
Sources: Kostiantynivka Situation 2023-11-02, Kostiantynivka Situation 2024-02-22
The available direct-source record for this munition in the catalog centers on late-2023 and early-2024 attacks on Kostiantynivka. Both reports name Russian forces as the attacker, the Uragan MLRS as the delivery system, and the 9M27F as the rocket type.
The two documented incidents occurred during the full-scale phase of the war, when Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast remained close to active fighting and subject to repeated artillery and rocket attacks.
Sources: Kostiantynivka Situation 2023-11-02, Kostiantynivka Situation 2024-02-22
The 9M27F is the unitary high-explosive fragmentation member of the 220 mm Uragan rocket family. Archived Splav documentation describes it as a 220 mm, 280 kg rocket projectile with a 100 kg HE-fragmentation warhead, direct or delayed fuze action, and a 10 to 35 km firing range.
Technical reference material on the 9M27F identifies the warhead designation as 9N128F and gives the same 220 mm caliber, 100 kg warhead mass, 51.9 kg explosive filler, and 10 to 35 km range class. In the Kostiantynivka reports, those weapon characteristics align with the local administration's attribution to Uragan rocket fire rather than tube artillery.
Sources: Splav 9M27F Archived, Missilery 9M27F
