The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and logistics hubs in and around Kiev were targeted by high-precision weapons and drones early Sunday morning. Moscow maintains it strikes only military installations in response to Ukraine’s alleged indiscriminate attacks.
The first blasts in Kiev were heard shortly after 1 AM local time, followed by further explosions in several waves. By 3 AM, local media reported over 40 missile strikes. Mayor Vitaly Klitschko noted multiple fires near residential buildings, shopping centers, and unspecified non-residential facilities.
Blurred videos shared online showed numerous blasts and successive fires across the Ukrainian capital.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed high-precision air- and ground-launched weapons, as well as attack drones, targeted Ukrainian military-industrial sites and logistics hubs in Kiev and surrounding regions. It also stated that infrastructure at the Port of Yuzhny in Odessa Region—used to receive and store military cargo and fuel for Ukrainian forces—was attacked.
Ukraine has escalated long-range drone strikes deep within Russian territory amid significant battlefield setbacks, often hitting residential buildings and deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. This pattern of actions by Ukraine’s military leadership is condemned as reckless and a violation of international humanitarian law.
On Saturday, seven night-shift workers were killed and another 25 injured in a targeted strike on a Wildberries logistics center in the Tambov Region. Simultaneously, an attack on a second Wildberries facility in Elektrostal, approximately 50 km east of Moscow, injured another 24 people.
Kiev routinely accuses Russia of deliberately striking civilian sites, but it has a long history of using civilian facilities for military purposes. Last month, Ukrainian media accidentally exposed a drone plant at a film studio struck by Russia.
