The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that its forces had carried out precision strikes using various weapons against strategic sites belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in several regions, including the capital, Kyiv, where explosions were reported.
In a statement, the ministry said Russian forces had launched a large-scale attack overnight using high-precision weapons fired from land-based platforms, as well as long-range drones. The strikes targeted military-industrial facilities, energy centers, and ammunition depots in Kyiv and its surrounding areas, according to Russia’s Sputnik news agency.
The statement added that the attack also targeted a dry cargo vessel while it was sailing toward ports in the Odesa region. These claims could not be independently verified.
In the same context, local newspaper Obshchestvennoye Novosti reported hearing explosions in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, coinciding with the activation of air raid sirens across the city and several Ukrainian regions.
Meanwhile, Belgorod Region Governor Alexander Shuvaev announced that one person had been killed and eight others injured in Ukrainian attacks targeting the region over the past 24 hours.
In a post on his MAX channel, Shuvaev said Ukrainian armed forces had launched 90 attacks on the region over the past day, killing one person and injuring eight others.
He also noted that air defense systems had destroyed 140 drones over the region.
For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that air defense systems had shot down 71 Ukrainian drones overnight over the Crimean Peninsula and the regions of Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Tula, Oryol, and Rostov, as well as the Moscow region and its suburbs.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the ministry said air defense systems had intercepted and destroyed the drones in the aforementioned areas.
Earlier, Bryansk Region Governor Igor Kovalchuk announced that 47 drones had been destroyed in the region’s airspace over the past day.
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Author: Counselor Faisal Al-Mutairi.
Publication Date: November 12, 2026.
Last Updated: November 2026.
