Moscow. June 27. INTERFAX-AVN - The Russian military on Sunday carried out an airstrike on the Artyom rocket and space enterprise in Kiev, the civilian infrastructure was not damaged, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.
"On June 26, the Russian Aerospace Forces struck four high-precision air-launched missiles at the workshops of the Artyom Rocket Construction Corporation in the Shevchenko district of Kiev," Konashenkov said at a briefing on Monday.
According to him, the factory produced ammunition for Ukrainian multiple rocket launchers.
"According to objective control, all four missiles have reached the target. The object is hit. The civilian infrastructure of the city of Kiev as a result of the use of precision weapons was not affected," Konashenkov said.
He said that when trying to shoot down Russian missiles, the Ukrainian military could get into a residential building.
"Ukrainian calculations of the S-300 and Buk-M1 air defense systems used more than 10 anti-aircraft missiles. Due to the lack of coupling of air defense systems and radio equipment launchers located in urban areas, two S-300 anti-aircraft missiles were shot down in the air by Ukrainian Buks. Presumably one of the downed anti-aircraft missiles fell on a residential building," a representative of the Russian Defense Ministry said.
On April 29, Konashenkov stated that the production buildings of the Artyom rocket and space industry enterprise were destroyed by high-precision long-range air-based weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The Artyom enterprise belongs to the state concern Ukroboronprom, its main activity is the production of weapons and ammunition, as well as aircraft and spacecraft.