Russia says it struck missile components facility in Kyiv

Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces had struck a military-linked industrial facility in Kyiv and other targets in Ukraine, including fuel infrastructure and cargo vessels allegedly transporting military supplies.

In a statement, the ministry said the strike in Kyiv targeted an enterprise identified as “Kyiv-111,” operated by Fire Point, which it claimed produces components and warheads for FP-5 “Flamingo” ground-launched cruise missiles.

“Struck in the city of Kyiv: the industrial enterprise ‘Kyiv-111’ (LLC ‘Fire Point’), producing components and warheads for ground-based cruise missiles FP-5 ‘Flamingo’. The facility also stores components for the production of solid-fuel boosters,” the ministry said.

The statement added that a fuel storage site, Kyiv-3, operated by Grandterminal, was also hit. According to the ministry, the depot supplies petroleum products to the Ukrainian Armed Forces via the Novograd-Volynsky logistics station.

“Also struck was the fuel depot Kyiv-3 (LLC ‘Grandterminal’), which supplies petroleum products for the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the linear production and dispatch station ‘Novograd-Volynsky’. (...)”

In addition, Russia said its strike drones targeted two dry cargo vessels in waters south and east of Odesa, which it alleged were transporting weapons and military equipment to Ukrainian ports.

“In addition, strike unmanned aerial vehicles hit two dry cargo ships at sea south and east of Odesa, which were delivering weapons and military equipment to Ukrainian ports,” the statement said.

The claims could not be independently verified.

By Tamilla Hasanova