{"id":619,"date":"2025-06-17T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:58:19","slug":"russian-military-strikes-ukraines-defense-industry-mod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/russian-military-strikes-ukraines-defense-industry-mod\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian military strikes Ukraine\u2019s defense industry \u2013 MOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The attacks targeted facilities in Kiev and a part of Ukraine-controlled Zaporozhye Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Russian military has launched a series of attacks on Ukraine\u2019s defense industrial sector, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said that the group strike involving high-precision air-, land-, and sea-based weapons, as well as drones, targeted military-industrial facilities in Kiev Region and the Ukrainian-controlled part of Zaporozhye Region.<br \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe goal of the strikes has been accomplished. All designated targets have been hit,\u201d<\/em> officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s Vladimir Zelensky claimed on social media that more than 440 drones and 32 missiles targeted facilities in Odessa, Chernigov, Zhitomir, Kirovograd, and Nikolaev, killing 15 people and injuring 75. He urged <em>\u201cthe US and Europe to\u2026 finally react the way a civilized society reacts to terrorists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian outlet Strana.ua has reported, citing service members, that one of the strikes destroyed an ammunition depot in Kiev Region. It also claimed that a dormitory of an aviation institute in the Ukrainian capital had been hit.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/619045-ukraine-aerial-targets-putin\/\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Over 80k aerial targets shot down during conflict with Ukraine \u2013 Putin<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Unverified videos on social media showed at least four powerful explosions in Kiev that could be seen from kilometers away.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said that the attacks had damaged several buildings, including educational institutions, and critical infrastructure facilities.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Russia has been launching strikes on Ukrainian military-related facilities after Kiev significantly ramped up drone strikes into the country. Moscow has described the recent escalation as Kiev\u2019s attempt to derail the ongoing Russia-Ukraine peace talks. Russian officials have insisted that the attacks are never aimed at civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The attacks targeted facilities in Kiev and a part of Ukraine-controlled Zaporozhye Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":620,"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions\/620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinemalawi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}