Russia to Target Ukraine's Military-Industrial Complex in Kyiv

MOSCOW, May 25. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military’s strike on Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic has become the last straw; the Russian Armed Forces are launching systematic strikes on military-industrial complex facilities in Kiev, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

"All of this has become the last straw," the ministry noted, referring to Kiev’s strikes against civilians on Russian territory following the attack on Starobelsk. "Under the current circumstances, the Russian Armed Forces are launching a series of systematic strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities in Kiev, including specific sites for the design, production, programming, and preparation for the use of drones employed by the Kiev regime with the assistance of NATO specialists responsible for supplying components, providing intelligence, and guidance," the statement noted.

The Foreign Ministry emphasized that "strikes will also be directed at decision-making centers and command posts." "Given that these facilities are scattered throughout Kiev, we warn foreign citizens, including diplomatic mission and international organization representative office personnel, of the need to leave the city as soon as possible. We also warn Ukrainian capital residents not to approach Zelensky’s regime's military and administrative infrastructure facilities," the diplomats warned.

The Russian Foreign Ministry described the attack carried out by the Ukrainian armed forces in the early morning hours of May 22, in which a drone was used to attack an academic building and dormitory in Starobelsk, as "yet another glaring example of the Nazi and terrorist nature of the Kiev regime, which deliberately targets civilians and does not shy away from the cold-blooded murder of children." "The Zelensky junta and its Western sponsors, who supply the Ukrainian military with tools for crimes against our people, have demonstrated their gross disregard for the norms of international humanitarian law to the whole world," the statement emphasized. "There is a clear violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, which regulate the protection of civilians during conflicts, the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, and a number of other significant international instruments," the ministry stressed.