{"id":4748,"date":"2026-07-25T18:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/4748\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:51:22","slug":"russia-hits-arms-expo-near-kiev-kills-10-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/4748\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia hits arms expo near Kiev, kills 10: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

KIEV
\n\"Russia<\/p>\n

Russia<\/a> struck an arms event near Kiev on July 24, killing multiple people and wounding dozens, Ukrainian prosecutors and defence industry representatives said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine<\/a>‘s prosecutor general reported at least 10 dead and around 100 wounded in the missile strike.<\/p>\n

He did not say whether all the victims were at the gathering.<\/p>\n

“An investigation will establish who made the decision to hold the event… and whether the risks were properly assessed under martial law,” prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko said, announcing a criminal inquiry.<\/p>\n

“A rescue operation is currently underway in the Kiev region following a Russian missile strike,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, without elaborating on what had been hit.<\/p>\n

Andriy Grytseniuk, head of the state-backed defence group Brave1, described the strike as a “horrific tragedy”.<\/p>\n

“The enemy launched a ballistic strike on an event organised by a private association of manufacturers,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I strongly urge everyone involved in the defence industry to urgently review and reinforce their safety protocols,” he added.<\/p>\n

Kiev does not typically announce information about Russian strikes on military targets.<\/p>\n

But there was a backlash from many in the industry and officials, who implied that it had been poorly organised and demanded accountability.<\/p>\n

The event had been advertised online in advance, according to Ukrainian media.<\/p>\n

Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian training grounds and military events throughout the war<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KIEV Russia struck an arms event near Kiev on July 24, killing multiple people and wounding dozens, Ukrainian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14,273,26,141],"class_list":["post-4748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-defence-industry","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}