Russia said it carried out a massive strike on military factories across Ukraine
Russia’s military said Thursday it carried out a massive overnight strike on military factories across Ukraine. The claim came amid a broader wave of overnight attacks, as Ukrainian officials also reported casualties in Kyiv and power cuts affecting nine regions of the country.
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Russia’s Defence Ministry said the targets included a rocket factory in Kyiv, a drone-assembly workshop and missile-fuel factory in the surrounding region, and electricity substations in Zhytomyr.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a Russian drone struck a nine-storey apartment building in the Solomyanskyi district, setting it ablaze. He said one woman had been reported killed and five people injured.
Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov said strikes on energy infrastructure caused the outages. A local Ukrainian official said energy and civilian infrastructure were also damaged in the northwestern Rivne region.
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