# Russia Says It Deliberately Targeted Kyiv Region Defense Expo, Confirming Strike
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Publisher: Kyiv Post · published 2026-07-24 · read 2026-09-12

Original: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/81014

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## Who is named (5)

- [Kyiv Oblast](https://truthscore.com/entity/266542dc)
- [Buchanskyi district](https://truthscore.com/entity/3b128e16)
- [Russian Defense Ministry (as cited by TASS)](https://truthscore.com/entity/72f149db)
- [Kyiv Regional Military Administration](https://truthscore.com/entity/b7867dc8)
- [Serhiy “Flash” Beskrestnov](https://truthscore.com/entity/fe1e6141)

## What it added

- [The Kyiv Regional Military Administration confirmed that Russia launched a ballistic missile strike on the region, with the Buchanskyi district sustaining the…](https://truthscore.com/claim/43f9f03f)
  > Later, in an update at 2:21 p.m., the Kyiv Regional Military Administration (OVA) confirmed that Russia had launched a ballistic missile strike on the region, with the Buchanskyi district sustaining the heaviest damage.
- [Russia carried out a missile strike on the Kyiv region.](https://truthscore.com/claim/48587b82)
  > President Volodymyr Zelensky later confirmed that Russia had carried out a missile strike on the Kyiv region but did not say whether it had struck the arms exhibition.
- [The missile strike hit a private training ground in the Kyiv region on July 24, killing at least 10 people and injuring around 100](https://truthscore.com/claim/a491bfe3)
  > The strike hit a private training ground in the Kyiv region on Friday, July 24, killing at least 10 people and injuring around 100, according to Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
- [The attack targeted a defense industry exhibition](https://truthscore.com/claim/e4e30c6f)
  > Ukrainian arms manufacturers and officials later confirmed the attack targeted a defense industry exhibition.
- [Representatives of Ukraine’s defense industry were present at the site when the missile struck](https://truthscore.com/claim/d93db2e0)
  > The Ukrainian Council of Arms Manufacturers said representatives of Ukraine’s defense industry were present at the site when the missile struck.
- [The event’s exact location had not been publicly disclosed](https://truthscore.com/claim/4a1372c8)
  > The organization stressed that the event’s exact location had not been publicly disclosed and urged the public not to share photos, videos, geolocation data or details that could compromise the investigation or endanger others.
- [Serhiy “Flash” Beskrestnov was not at the venue](https://truthscore.com/claim/2c31c9de)
  > Military technology expert and presidential adviser Serhiy “Flash” Beskrestnov, who was initially rumored to have attended the exhibition, said he was not at the venue.
- [He avoids venues without proper shelters, those heavily promoted online or located within range of Russian ballistic missiles](https://truthscore.com/claim/adafaef5)
  > He wrote on Facebook, adding that he avoids venues without proper shelters, those heavily promoted online or located within range of Russian ballistic missiles.
- [The event was held close to the capital despite the ongoing threat of Russian ballistic missile strikes](https://truthscore.com/claim/67bf98d2)
  > The attack triggered sharp criticism from Ukrainian military commentators, who questioned why such an event was held so close to the capital despite the ongoing threat of Russian ballistic missile strikes.
- [The strike was comparable to Russia’s August 2023 missile attack on the Chernihiv Drama Theater](https://truthscore.com/claim/79a01440)
  > Popular military monitoring Telegram channel Nikolaevsky Vanek compared the strike to Russia’s August 2023 missile attack on the Chernihiv Drama Theater, where a military technology exhibition was taking place.
- [Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed responsibility for the missile strike on a defense industry event in the Kyiv region](https://truthscore.com/claim/181b769f)
  > Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday claimed responsibility for a deadly missile strike on a defense industry event in the Kyiv region, saying it had deliberately targeted an exhibition showcasing Ukrainian and foreign-made drones.
- [The exhibition was highly exposed to Russian surveillance](https://truthscore.com/claim/d4a40964)
  > Another widely followed monitoring channel, Exilenova+, echoed the criticism, warning that the exhibition was highly exposed to Russian surveillance.
- [The site was displaying Ukrainian and foreign-made unmanned aerial vehicles, including future models, which were used to attack civilian targets inside Russia](https://truthscore.com/claim/460b4c2e)
  > Moscow said the site was displaying “Ukrainian and foreign-made unmanned aerial vehicles, including future models,” which it claimed were used to attack civilian targets inside Russia.

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