Russia said its forces carried out a massive overnight ​strike on what it described ‌as targets in Ukraine’s military-industrial sector and energy and transport infrastructure in ​Kyiv and the surrounding ​region.

In Kyiv, Russia’s defence ministry said strikes hit the Northern Bridge — ​which it said was being ​used to transport weapons, military equipment and vehicles for the Ukrainian armed forces — ​and the Meridian plant, which ​Russia says produces Flamingo cruise missiles.

The ministry ‌also said the strikes damaged several energy and industrial facilities in the Kyiv region, including a ​power plant, ​an electricity substation and a munitions manufacturing facility.

It added that ​Russian forces struck an ​electricity substation in the Zhytomyr region and a cargo vessel in the Black ​Sea that it ​said was transporting military equipment and dual-use ​goods to Ukraine.