{"id":518182,"date":"2025-10-21T23:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/518182\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:28:11","slug":"kyiv-attacked-overnight-after-ukraine-hits-russian-chemical-plant-in-bryansk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/518182\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv Attacked Overnight After Ukraine Hits Russian Chemical Plant In Bryansk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russia launched an overnight air attack on Kyiv, prompting a response from Ukraine&#8217;s air defense units, the city\u2019s mayor said after Ukraine\u2019s military said it struck a chemical plant in Russia&#8217;s Bryansk region.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko told residents to stay in shelters after the attack began late on October 21 as witnesses reported hearing explosions and air defense units in operation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosvoboda.org\/a\/news-genshtab-zsu-udar-po-himichnomu-zavodu-bryansk\/33566121.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wsw__a\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ukrainian attack<\/strong><\/a> on the chemical plant took place earlier in Russia\u2019s southern Bryansk region. The General Staff of Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces said on October 21 that Ukrainian forces used Franco-British Storm Shadow missiles in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA massive combined missile and air strike was carried out, including with Storm Shadow air-launched missiles, which overcame the Russian air defense system,&#8221; the General Staff said. &#8220;The results of the strike are being assessed,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>The General Staff described the chemical plant as an important component of the Russian military-industrial complex, producing gunpowder, explosives, components for rocket fuel, and \u201cfor ammunition and missiles that the Russian military uses to shell the territory of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force launched the attack in cooperation with ground forces, the Navy, and other components of the Ukrainian defense forces.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of Bryansk region, said on Telegram that Ukraine attacked the region with drones and missiles. He added that no one was injured, and no damage was reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram that during the afternoon on October 21 its air defense units destroyed 57 Ukrainian drones over the Bryansk region.<\/p>\n<p>With reporting by Reuters<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia launched an overnight air attack on Kyiv, prompting a response from Ukraine&#8217;s air defense units, the city\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[12,332,6323,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-518182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-russia","10":"tag-russia-invades-ukraine","11":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115414755211384001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}