{"id":472,"date":"2025-07-31T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=472"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:47:37","slug":"russia-strikes-ukrainian-defense-industry-facilities-in-overnight-attack-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/russia-strikes-ukrainian-defense-industry-facilities-in-overnight-attack-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia strikes Ukrainian defense industry facilities in overnight attack \u2013 Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A military depot and an airfield were also hit, according to defense officials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian forces carried out a strike on Ukrainian defense industry facilities and other military targets overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Thursday. Ukrainian officials earlier claimed that Kiev bore the brunt of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry reported in a statement a <em>\u201clarge-scale precision strike\u201d<\/em> involving long-range weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The targets included <em>\u201cUkraine\u2019s defense industry facilities, a military airfield infrastructure, and a depot storing ammunition, missiles, and components for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles,\u201d<\/em> according to the ministry.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAll designated targets have been hit,\u201d<\/em> the ministry said in its\u00a0statement. <em>\u201cThe objectives of the strike have been achieved.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Ukrainian officials reported a powerful attack on Kiev, with videos showing numerous explosions and fires. Defense officials in Kiev claimed seven people were killed and 64 injured, with 50 hospitalized.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO. A Russian servicemember.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/688b0b7185f5405b4b0e0a3f.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/622303-russia-liberates-key-donbass-stronghold\/\">Russia liberates key Donbass stronghold \u2013 MOD<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ukrainian officials also claimed the barrage was <em>\u201ccalculated specifically to overload the air defense system.\u201d<\/em> Kiev has repeatedly complained of a shortage of Western-supplied air defenses and regularly requests more weapons and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, the attack also targeted the regions of Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy, and Nikolayev. He claimed the raid involved more than 300 drones and eight missiles. The Ukrainian Air Force reported five Russian missiles and 21 attack drones having landed direct hits across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Russia maintains that it only strikes military-related sites and never civilian targets. It has also said that its raids are retaliation for Ukrainian strikes deep into Russian territory, which often hit residential buildings, energy facilities, and critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A military depot and an airfield were also hit, according to defense officials Russian forces carried out a strike on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}