Russia Strikes Only Military Targets in Retaliation for Ukraine’s Massive Attacks

russia strikes, striking in response to massive drone attacks in russia’s regions, military-industrial complex of ukraine, against military facilities

09:04 GMT 27.05.2025 (Updated: 10:13 GMT 27.05.2025)

Russian troops are conducting strikes exclusively against Ukraine’s military facilities and military-industrial complex enterprises in response to the Zelensky regime’s massive drone attacks on Russia’s regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

“In response to the widespread Ukrainian UAV attacks against Russian regions, the Russian military is exclusively targeting Ukrainian military facilities and enterprises within the military-industrial complex,” the ministry affirmed.

Ukraine, with the support of certain European countries, is engaging in provocative actions intended to undermine the peace process in Ukraine, the MoD noted.

From the evening of May 20 to the morning of May 27, Russia’s air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a total of 2,331 Ukrainian drones, over half of which were located outside the zone of the special military operation, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Since May 20, Ukraine has ramped up its use of Western-made drones and rockets to attack civilian targets within Russia, the ministry added.

A group strike targeted the infrastructure of the Ozernoye airfield (located in the Zhitomir region), as well as ammunition, military equipment, and fuel depots in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

A temporary deployment site and rocket-artillery depot of a Ukrainian mechanized brigade were hit in Sumy region; a base of foreign mercenaries was struck near the settlement of Svyatogorsk (DPR); and the ammunition depot of the “Kharkov” operational-tactical group was targeted in the Kharkov region.

The Russian Armed Forces launched high-precision strikes on a Ukrainian defense enterprise (Pavlograd Chemical Plant, Dnepropetrovsk region), an aircraft repair facility, military airfield infrastructure, and air defense radar sites in Krivoy Rog and Nikolaev regions. A base of foreign mercenaries was also hit in the Kharkov region.

An Iskander-M missile system destroyed an AN/MPQ-65 radar, a command vehicle, and two Patriot SAM launchers near the town of Ordzhonikidze (Dnepropetrovsk region).

A high-precision ground-launched missile strike hit a military cargo unloading zone and container warehouse at the port of Odessa. Around 100 containers were destroyed, containing components for unmanned boats, UAVs, and munitions.

Strikes also targeted drone preparation facilities at the Kislichevataya airfield (Zaporozhye region) and Kanatovo airfield (Kirovograd region), as well as ammunition depots of the “Volchansk” tactical group in the Kharkov region.

A massive strike using precision-guided weapons and UAVs hit a Ukrainian military-industrial facility producing missile weapons and strike drones, a radio-technical reconnaissance center, and an SBU aviation center in the Kiev region.

Temporary deployment sites of the South special operations center in Chernomorsk (Odessa region) and the 3rd Azov* Assault Brigade in Izyum (Kharkov region) were also hit.
Additionally, a U.S.-made Patriot air defense system was targeted in the Kiev region.

A large-scale strike using long-range precision weapons and strike UAVs targeted Ukrainian defense industry enterprises producing missile components, electronics, explosives, fuel, and strike drones:

Zhitomir region: “Luch” Radio Equipment Repair Plant, “Specoboronmash”

Chernigov region: “Rapid” Plant, Chernigov Instrument Plant, “Techaviakom”

Sumy region: “Aviakon” Aircraft Repair Plant

Khmelnitsky region: Krasilov Aggregate Plant

Dnepropetrovsk region: Pavlograd Chemical Plant, “Deviro” UAV company

Ternopol region: “Luch” Plant of the “Promin” Research Center

Kiev region: “Aerotechnika-MTL”, “Luch” Design Bureau

Odessa region: Odessa Aviation Plant

Kharkov region: Chuguev Aviation Repair Plant

Also struck:
▪️ Radio and signals intelligence centers in Kiev region
▪️ Drone, explosives, and ammunition production sites in Sumy, Nikolaev, Chernigov, Kharkov, and Kiev regions
▪️ UAV production and control centers at the Gogolev field airstrip (Kiev region)
▪️ Satellite comms and SIGINT centers (Kiev region)
▪️ Combat boat parking and unmanned boat assembly workshops (Nikolaev region)
▪️ Airfield infrastructure at Shkolny (Odessa region) and Vishnevoye field airstrip (Kharkov region)

A massive strike using long-range precision weapons and strike UAVs destroyed infrastructure at the Starokonstantinov airfield (Khmelnitsky region), ammunition depots of two heavy mechanized brigades in Kharkov region and the DPR, an S-300 command post, and a temporary base of Ukrainian special operations forces in the Odessa region.

Russian forces hit the Pavlograd chemical plant, an aircraft repair shop, military airfields, and air defense radars in the Krivoy Rog and Nikolayev regions on May 22, the ministry added.