Russian forces struck a Fire Point plant, a Kiev-based assembly site owned by the Antonov aircraft manufacturing factory and an arsenal with M-900 thermobaric bombs and munitions for Baba-Yaga drones
MOSCOW, August 20. /TASS/. Russian forces carried out a massive high-precision strike on defense industry facilities in and outside Kiev last night, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a morning report on Thursday.
TASS has compiled the key details about the attack.
Statements from Russia’s top brass- Last night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a massive attack on defense-tech plants, a transport and logistics hub and storage sites in Kiev and the Kiev Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
- The attack was carried out using precision-guided land-, air-and sea-launched weapons as well as long-range UAVs.
Targets- In Kiev, a Fire Point plant that manufactured components for attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and handled the assembly and storage of launch boosters for Flamingo cruise missiles, was struck.
- Russian forces struck a Kiev-based assembly site owned by the Antonov aircraft manufacturing factory, where An-196 Liutyi long-range fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were produced.
- Russian forces struck an arsenal with M-900 thermobaric bombs and munitions for Baba-Yaga drones in Kiev.
Storage sites targeted- Also, in Kiev, Russian forces struck an Ukrspecsystems trading and storage facility that produced components for attack drones.
- Russian forces struck a Zammler Group logistics hub for the storage and distribution of dual-use goods, including for the production of UAVs, and electronic warfare and robotic systems.
- Russian forces struck a POL facility with roughly 8,000 cubic meters of fuel for Ukrainian troops in Brovary near Kiev and a logistics hub.
- Also, on Wednesday evening, military storage sites in the ports of Chernomorsk and Yuzhny were hit.
Situation in Ukraine- Air raid sirens repeatedly sounded in Kiev, according to local media.
- Warehouses in Kiev’s Svyatoshinsky District were engulfed in flames, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitaly Klichko, said.
- Buildings were damaged on the district’s non-residential premises, Klichko added.
- An industrial site and storage sites in Kiev were damaged in explosions, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
- Thick smoke rose over Borispol in the Kiev Region following explosions that were heard earlier, Ukraine’s Insider news website reported as it also released a video with the caption "Skies not visible in Borispol" on its Telegram channel.
- A partial blackout was reported in three neighborhoods in Kiev, Glavkom news portal reported.
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