The retaliatory strikes came as Kiev seeks additional NATO funding for long-range attacks on energy infrastructure inside Russia<\/p>\n
The Russian Defense Ministry has detailed the targets of its latest retaliatory long-range strikes inside Ukraine, saying that military-industrial facilities and energy infrastructure were hit.
\nThe drone and missile barrage was carried out \u201cin response to terrorist attacks by the Kiev regime\u201d against Russia, the ministry said. According to the Russian military, the strikes targeted high-value sites in Kiev and Kiev Region, as well as airfields in Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkassy, Chernigov, and Kiev Region.
\nThe ministry said the targets in the Ukrainian capital included Abris PT, a major military drone manufacturer, Burevestnik, a producer of radio equipment used in UAVs, Ukr Armo Tekh, an armored vehicle plant that also makes missile warheads, Kuznia na Rybalskom (\u201cthe Rybalsky Peninsula Forge\u201d), a shipyard producing naval drones, and Kvant (\u201cQuantum\u201d), a manufacturer of guidance components for Ukraine\u2019s Neptune missiles.<\/p>\n
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In Kiev Region, Russian strikes targeted Vizar, a state-owned plant involved in maintaining air defense systems and long-range drones, as well as a fuel depot near the city of Vishnyovoe, which supplied gasoline and diesel to the Ukrainian military, the report said.
\nUkrainian media earlier published several videos showing powerful blasts followed by secondary explosions, typical of military-grade munitions. The footage was said to show the aftermath of a Russian strike on the Vizar plant in Kiev Region.
\nThe Ukrainian military reported direct hits by Russian projectiles at 34 locations, including strikes by 29 ballistic missiles, none of which it said were intercepted by air defenses.
\nThe implicit admission of degrading Ukrainian anti-missile capabilities comes ahead of a NATO leaders\u2019 summit in Ankara, where members of the US-led military bloc are expected to discuss long-term aid for Kiev, which some members reportedly oppose.
\nKiev has argued that expanding long-range attacks on Russian energy infrastructure could shift the balance of the conflict in its favor, provided it receives billions of dollars in additional Western funding.<\/p>\n
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Moscow maintains that Ukraine\u2019s manpower shortages are worsening and that prolonging the conflict serves only the corrupt interests of officials with access to foreign aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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