Ukraine War, Day 1,613: 10 Killed, 100+ Wounded in Russia Strike on Kyiv Arms Exhibition

First responders search the site of a Russian missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, July 24, 2026

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The Russians struck just before 11:30 a.m. “at a location where representatives of the Ukrainian defense industry were present”. Authorities have launched an investigation.

One of the victims, Valentyna Savitska, was a communications official for Ukraine’s State Security Administration.

No details about the event or its location” were publicly available before the attack. The invitation was shared closed industry channels and appeared online only after the event, said a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry.

However, images of flyers advertising the event circulated online. Invitations contained registration links that attendees could use to obtain the location.

Presidential advisor Serhii Beskrestnov later said the exhibition was at a training ground near Kyiv along the Zhytomyr Highway. Yuriy Ignat, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force, said the strike was on a private sports complex.

President Volodymyr Zelensky posted, “These were brutal attacks on civilians, and the Russians must be held accountable for them. Russia has long abandoned any regard for international norms and for human values.”

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Ukrainian drone developers, representatives of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Command, and staff of the special services were at the facility in Kyiv.