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A Russian ballistic strike kills 6 after Ukraine’s Zelenskyy hosts US company making Patriots

The strike hit a private training site and prompted a war crimes probe as Ukrainian officials said 27 homes and 44 vehicles were damaged.

  • On Friday, July 24, 2026, a Russian ballistic missile strike hit a private training ground in the Kyiv region hosting a defense-industry event, killing six people and injuring dozens, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
  • Zelenskyy met with Raytheon representatives in Kyiv on Thursday to discuss jointly producing Patriot interceptors, a critical priority as Ukraine faces relentless Russian ballistic missile attacks.
  • Ukraine's prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, opened a criminal and war-crimes investigation into the event's organization, examining who approved its location, timing, and safety protocols.
  • Separately, Ukrainian forces struck the Avitek defense plant in Kirov, Russia, with a Flamingo cruise missile, killing six people and wounding 26 others, Governor Alexander Sokolov reported.
  • The exchange of long-range strikes illustrates intensifying conflict as Ukraine targets Russian industrial facilities; Zelenskyy continues prioritizing joint Patriot production agreements to strengthen air defenses.
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Russia fired missiles at a drone technology exhibition near Kyiv, killing 10 and injuring around 100. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy revealed intelligence reports suggesting Russia may launch another major attack within 48 hours.

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A Russian ballistic missile killed, on Friday, 10 people and injured almost 100 at the site where an event of the defence industry was held, in the region north of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The realization of the event was criticized by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Also read Wildberries, a Russian online retail giant, becomes the target of drones from Ukraine Russia evaluates extending veto to exports of diesel and gasoline F…

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At least 21 men are drept i get mellom Russland og Ukraina fredag. Et av grabene nær Kyiv var rettet mot en våpenmesse.

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At least 10 people were killed in a Russian ballistic missile attack on an exhibition dedicated to drone technology, Friday, near Kiev. Important names from the Ukrainian defence sector participated in the event, notes BBC. In the attack at the event were wounded around 100 people, according to Ukrainian President Volodimir ...

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