Russian Ministry, as is its tradition, claimed to have launched strikes with "high-precision weapons" on Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro. According to the enemy statements, the targets were military-industrial complex facilities, military airfields, and army recruitment centers.
The Russian agency cynically explained the attack on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra as allegedly being struck by a Patriot missile.
Yurii Ihnat, head of the communications department of the Air Force Command, urged Ukrainians not to publish photos of missile debris online, as the Russians use every opportunity for disinformation campaigns, particularly in the context of the Lavra.
"I am showing why you shouldn't post debris from any missiles on social media!" he wrote.
"Another massive attack on Kyiv — one of the largest by number of 'ballistics.' Air defense uses Patriot... Ukrainians photograph a fragment of a Patriot missile which, tonight, likely shot down a Russian 'Zircon,' and without even understanding whose it is, publish this photo online... The enemy uses any Ukrainian content to promote their own narratives and propaganda: another lie that we are shelling ourselves."
Ihnat also visually demonstrated how Russian propaganda uses photos from Kyiv for its own purposes.
Regarding the hit on the Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studios and a Nova Poshta terminal, Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed that "drones were being assembled" at the first location and dual-use goods were "stored" at Nova Poshta.