Russia's defense ministry said Saturday its forces had struck a military hardware factory in Kyiv, a day after warning of intensified attacks on the Ukrainian capital, AFP reported.

"High-precision long-range air-launched weapons destroyed production buildings of an armaments plant in Kyiv," the ministry said in a statement on Telegram.

"High-precision long-range air-launched weapons destroyed production buildings of an armaments plant in Kyiv and a workshop for repairing military equipment in Nikolaev (Mykolaiv in Ukrainian, ed)."