Russian missiles hit Ukrainian drone-industry expo near Kyiv, killing at least 10
Russia carried out a daytime ballistic and cruise missile attack on Kyiv Oblast on July 24, striking among its targets a defence industry exhibition organised by Armada, an association of Ukrainian drone and unmanned systems manufacturers, according to open-source mapping account AMK Mapping. The event, a "Defence Demo Day & Defence Expo" focused on protecting critical infrastructure from aerial threats, had been advertised on social media with its time and location made public.
The exhibition site was hit by at least two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, part of a wider strike that AMK Mapping said involved roughly six Iskander-M missiles and around four Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles aimed at Kyiv and the vicinity of Vasylkiv air base.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service said rescue operations continued throughout the day at the site of the strike, according to the Military Summary account, which cited the service in reporting that ten people were killed and dozens more injured. That toll rose from the six deaths and unspecified dozens of injuries reported by AMK Mapping in the immediate aftermath of the strike, a pattern common in the early hours after such attacks as casualty figures are updated.
The strike also caused extensive damage beyond the exhibition site itself. In the nearby Bucha district, fires that broke out at three private homes and involving eight vehicles were extinguished, while a further 23 private homes, two hotels, a restaurant and 34 cars were damaged, the State Emergency Service said.
The attack is the latest in a series of Russian strikes on Ukraine's expanding domestic drone industry, which has become central to Kyiv's war effort as it seeks to offset battlefield disadvantages with locally produced unmanned systems.
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