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Russia says it launched ‘massive’ strikes on Kyiv, other areas of Ukraine

By Thomson Reuters Oct 7, 2026 | 12:16 AM

MOSCOW, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday ​its forces had ‌carried out a “massive strike” on military-industrial facilities in Kyiv and other Ukrainian ‌regions, ​using ⁠high-precision land-, sea- ⁠and air-launched weapons, as well as drones.

Targets included sites where the ​company Fire Point makes and stores ⁠Flamingo cruise ⁠missiles and medium- ​and long-range drones in ​Kyiv as well as ‌regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Kharkiv, it ⁠said.

The strikes targeted port and ship-repair infrastructure in the ⁠Odesa ‌region, as ⁠well as vessels ​it ‌said were being ​used in ⁠the interests of Ukraine’s armed forces, the ministry added.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Clarence ​Fernandez)