Near Kiev, the presentation of the UAV was covered together with the developers and ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the SBU

In the suburbs of Kiev, a blow was struck at the place of the presentation of the UAV, which was attended by developers, as well as representatives of the Armed Forces and special services. This is reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

"July 24, 2026 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with high-precision long-range weapons on an object in the suburbs of Kiev, where a demonstration of unmanned aerial vehicles, including promising ones, of Ukrainian and foreign production, used to strike civilian targets on the territory of Russia, was carried out.

At the time of the strike, leading developers and manufacturers of UAVs, representatives of the command of the forces of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ukrainian special services directly planning and carrying out strikes on Russian territory were at this facility, "the report says.

No further details are provided.

Earlier, the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Ignat, said that the exhibition near Kiev, at the venue of which the strike was carried out, was held on the territory of a private sports complex, stressed that this, they say, is not a training ground of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the Strana newspaper, ten people were killed and about a hundred injured.

As EADaily reported, Russia struck at one of the Ukrainian training grounds, where an exhibition of weapons was held. Valery Borovik, the founder of First Contact, a manufacturer of defense products, was one of the first to announce this at the Ukrainian telethon.

According to him, the ballistics strike was carried out on Friday, July 24, in the Buchan district near Kiev — the exhibition of unmanned systems "ARMADA" was attacked.