Russia says its overnight strike on Ukraine hit 10 military factories in Kyiv

Russia's Defence Ministry claims a massive overnight strike on Ukraine targeted military facilities and recruitment centres in response to a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian-controlled student dormitory.

Russia's ​Defence Ministry said ​on Tuesday ‌that its ​massive overnight strike on Ukraine which authorities there ‌say killed at least 18 people had hit ten military production facilities in Kyiv, ‌including some factories producing attack drones. Russia had ‌also struck three recruitment centres for the Ukrainian armed forces in Kyiv, the Defence ⁠Ministry ​said in ⁠a statement.

It said the attack was in response ⁠to a Ukrainian drone attack on a ​student dormitory in Russian-controlled Luhansk in eastern ⁠Ukraine last month which killed 21 people ⁠and ​injured a further 42 "as well as other terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure." Ukraine ⁠denies targeting the dorm and said it ⁠was ⁠targeting a drone command centre in the area.