The Kyiv mayor said rescue workers and medics were working at the scene of the explosion on the outskirts of the city.

High-precision, long-range air-to-surface weapons destroy the production buildings of a weapons factory in Kyivannounced the Russian Defense Ministry in a statement to the Telegram.

At the scene, a large number of soldiers and police were present in the area, preventing access to the complex, where smoke was rising.

The mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, indicated on Facebook that he had no information on potential victims at this stage.

The next morning kyiv was stoned. Explosions rang out in the Darnytsky district on the outskirts of the city. Rescuers and medics are currently working on the sitehe wrote.

Details about the number of casualties and the extent of the damage were not immediately obtained.

Russia promised on Friday to launch new strikes in kyiv and said it used cruise missiles against the Vizar factory outside kyiv, which it said made and repaired missiles.

This attack follows the sinking on Thursday of Moskva, the flagship of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea.

The United States is convinced the cruiser Moskva sank after being hit by two Ukrainian missiles, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

The presence of Russia’s warships in the Black Sea, armed with missiles, increases the likelihood of strikes against Ukraine’s defense industry and logistical infrastructure, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday.

He also added that the Russian Navy was active in the Sea of ​​Azov intercepting the port of Mariupol. Ukraine announced on Friday that it was fighting to try to break the siege on the city where fighting was taking place around the port and the Ilyich steel plant.

Missiles targeted at Lviv were intercepted

A Radio-Canada team based in Lviv, in the west of the country, heard alarm sirens sound for more than an hour on Saturday morning.

On the morning of April 16, Su-35 planes of the Russian occupiers fired missiles in the Lviv region, told social networks its governor, Maksym Kozytskyi. The anti-aircraft defense system has reportedly shot down four Russian cruise missiles, he added.

No details are available at the time of this writing regarding possible injury or damage.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky also announced to CNN on Friday that between 2,500 and 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the fighting between Russia and Ukraine began, adding that 10,000 others have been injured.

According to the leader, 19,000 to 20,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the war began. Moscow, for its part, reported last month the deaths of 1,351 Russian soldiers and 3,825 wounded.