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2025-10-22 11:17:52
[Russian Missiles Attack Kyiv Overnight, Ukraine Launches Large-Scale Airstrike on Russian Chemical Plant] Kyiv Mayor Klitschko announced early on the morning of the 22nd that Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv overnight, sparking fires, igniting cars, and shattering windows in some buildings. Klitschko posted on social media that Russia used ballistic missiles in the attack, but the scale and primary targets were unclear. Ukrainian emergency services have dispatched personnel to the locations of several missile debris, but no casualties have been reported. The Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff issued a statement on the evening of the 21st, stating that Ukrainian forces carried out a "large-scale airstrike" on a chemical plant in Bryansk, Russia, a "key facility" for the production of gunpowder and rocket fuel. Ukrainian forces used Storm Shadow missiles to penetrate Russian air defenses during the operation. Separately, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the evening of the 21st that Russian air defense forces destroyed 57 Ukrainian drones over the Bryansk region that day. Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz stated that the Ukrainian attack caused no casualties and no property damage has been reported.
