MOSCOW, January 2. /TASS/. Russian forces carried out a group strike using high-precision missiles and drones on Ukrainian defense industry facilities in Kiev, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

"The Russian Armed Forces carried out a group strike using high-precision long-range weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian defense industry facilities in Kiev and its suburbs, which were engaged in the production of rockets and drones and the repair of weapons and military hardware, as well as on the storage sites of rockets, ammunition and aircraft weapons provided to the Kiev regime by Western countries. All targets were hit," the statement reads.