Russian forces have struck drone and missile production facilities and logistics centers in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.
The raid comes as a three-day break in attacks on military-related targets in the Ukrainian capital, announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of trips to Moscow and Kiev by US President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, expired.
The large-scale overnight strike involved ground-, air-, and sea-based precision weapons as well as long-range attack drones, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Ukrainian defense industry facilities involved in the production and storage of drones and cruise missiles were hit during the attack, the statement read.
They included the Kiev Radio Plant where components for reconnaissance and strike UAVs were produced, including long-range models used to attack civilian targets within Russia, it said.
An industrial facility belonging to weapons maker Fire Point was also hit during the bombardment, the ministry said, adding that the site had made warheads for attack drones and Flamingo cruise missiles.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky actively promotes Fire Point and its products internationally, despite the firm being linked to his longtime business associate Timur Mindich, who fled Ukraine after becoming a key figure in a $100 million corruption scandal last year.
The Russian military also targeted another plant engaged in the manufacture of parts for US-designed AI-assisted Hornet medium-range strike UAVs, according to the statement.
Missiles and drones struck transport, logistics, and distribution centers for military cargo in the Ukrainian capital and Kiev Region, the ministry said.
The Vaslikov airbase of the Ukrainian armed forces and a radio-electronic surveillance facility of the country’s security service, the SBU, in Markhalyovka outside Kiev were also hit as part of the raid.
According to the ministry, Russian forces also destroyed several targets in Odessa Region, including facilities in the port of Chenomorsk, used for unloading military cargo.
Earlier, Ukrainian Telegram channels reported air raid sirens and explosions in and outside Kiev as well as in other parts of the country, including in Odessa and Sumy regions.
Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko announced that the Ukrainian capital was under a ballistic missile attack, urging residents to remain in shelters. According to Klitschko, six people were wounded in the city, with three of them requiring hospitalization.
Putin had ordered the Russian military to pause strikes on targets in the Ukrainian capital until Tuesday ahead of Saturday’s talks with Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow.
The meeting at the Kremlin dedicated to the settlement of the Ukraine conflict lasted over three hours. Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov later said it was indicative of an “atmosphere of trust” between Moscow and Washington.
Trump’s envoys later met with Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev on Sunday, with the Ukrainian leader joking about the hiatus in Russian strikes that Witkoff and Kushner “worked even better than the Patriot systems” and asked them to visit more often.
Witkoff said he “felt good” about the discussions in Moscow and Kiev, expressing hope that trilateral talks between the sides could be announced “in short order.”
Moscow maintains that its long-range missile and drone strikes against Ukraine are a response to Kiev’s daily drone incursions targeting civilian infrastructure and residential areas inside Russia. According to Russian officials, Zelensky’s government is resorting to terrorist attacks in an attempt to compensate for setbacks on the battlefield, where Russian forces continue their steady advance.
The Defense Ministry in Moscow maintains that it does not attack civilians, with its strikes being directed solely at military targets and infrastructure supporting Ukrainian forces.