Screengrabs Social Media/XSafety protocol was apparently not followed, and the daytime event was publicized online.A ‘secret’ (reportedly unauthorized) arms fair held in a Kiev region shooting range by the drone company ‘Armada’ ended in tragedy, as the event was targeted by Russian Iskander missiles.At least 10 people were killed and 100 were injured in the weapons exhibition along the Zhytomyr highway, which was attended by members of the Ukrainian defense industry.The event was announced onlineEXPOSITION “SECRÈTE” D’ARMES UKRAINIENNES ANNIHILÉE EN PLEIN CIEL DE KIEV Pendant que les organisateurs ukrainiens s’extasiaient devant leurs derniers drones ARMADA, deux missiles balistiques Iskander-M sont tombés pile sur le stand. Résultat : site rayé de la carte.… pic.twitter.com/psNqIknRf4— Camille Moscow (@camille_moscow) July 24, 2026 Russian strike hits Kiev region arms expo — at least 10 dead, 100 woundedOnline registration for the event reportedly tipped off Russia’s intelligenceZelensky’s radio tech advisor Sergey Beskrestnov was there but survived the attack pic.twitter.com/743BbCZCdQ— The Other Side Media (@TheOtherSideRu) July 24, 2026The Telegraph reported:“A number of thunderous explosions rocked the capital during the rare daytime missile attack on Friday.‘An enemy missile strike occurred in the Kiev region at a location where representatives of the Ukrainian defense industry were present’, the Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry wrote on social media.” Russian missiles struck the “Armada” arms exhibition in Kapitanovka, Kiev region, held on the grounds of the “Civil Safety Academy” shooting range. The event showcased small arms, drones, and combat gear for Ukraine’s military and defense industry — vendors, buyers, and… pic.twitter.com/TCJjZ1yX08— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) July 24, 2026Activist Serhii Sternenko: ‘Organizing large military gatherings in the open air within range of Russian ballistic missiles [equals] helping the Russians kill people’.Ukrainian authorities are investigating, trying to establish who made the decision to hold the event and ‘whether the risks were properly assessed under martial law’.Ukrainian media reports that organizer of the event was detainedRT reported:“The strike came after a series of Ukrainian drone attacks this week on three warehouses belonging to major Russian online retailer Wildberries, that killed eight civilians and left more than 80 injured.The exhibition was attended by ‘leading UAV developers and manufacturers, representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces command, and members of the Ukrainian special services directly planning and carrying out strikes on Russian territory’, the ministry said in a statement on Friday.”Regarding yesterday’s Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile strike on arms exhibition for the “ARMADA” company in Kyiv.I’ve been told that the total number of people attending the event was between 200 and 1,000, and that Ukrainian authorities are downplaying the true number of… https://t.co/h3on3FW1st pic.twitter.com/l6erR7pKgP— AMK Mapping (@AMK_Mapping_) July 25, 2026“The Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry – an association coordinating cooperation between private arms manufacturers and the Ukrainian authorities – confirmed that a Russian strike hit a gathering of arms industry representatives.[…] Several Ukrainian Telegram channels claimed that the exhibition had been openly advertised online and offered online registration. What purports to be an ad for the event also surfaced online. According to Ukrainian media, the arms expo was allegedly organized by the drone manufacturers’ conglomerate Armada.”Read more from last week:Russia Pounds Kiev With the Largest Missile Attack of the War (VIDEOS)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i