During a UN visit, Russia admits a ‘high-precision’ assault on Kyiv

Moscow: Russia’s defence ministry announced on Friday that an air strike was carried out on Kyiv during the arrival of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

“High-precision, long-range air-based weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed the production buildings of the Artyom missile and space enterprise in Kyiv,” the ministry stated in its daily update on the Ukrainian war.

One person was killed in the strike on Thursday, Ukraine confirmed on Friday, the first in the capital in almost two weeks and termed by Guterres’ spokeswoman as “shocking.”

On Thursday, Guterres visited Bucha and other Kyiv areas where Moscow is accused of war crimes.

The defence ministry said its troops carried out a variety of air strikes on Thursday, destroying three power substations at Ukrainian railway hubs and a Tochka-U missile launcher that it claimed carried out an attack on the Russian-held city of Kherson.

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