LONDON — Russia and Ukraine once more exchanged a chain of primary in a single day drone moves as the 2 facets maneuvered forward of a conceivable resumption of ceasefire talks later this week.
Renewed talks — in the event that they do occur — would happen as each Kyiv and Moscow close to new data for the size and depth of cross-border moves, and as either side decide to additional scaling up long-range strike drone features.
In Russia, the Protection Ministry mentioned Monday posts to Telegram that its forces downed 107 Ukrainian drones over seven Russian areas — together with 28 craft over Moscow area.
That adopted waves of Ukrainian assaults stretching from Saturday evening via Sunday, all the way through which the Protection Ministry mentioned its forces shot down 221 drones — the very best day by day general reported via the ministry since June 6.
Sunday evening’s assaults brought about extra disruption at primary airports, in keeping with Telegram posts via Artem Korenyako — a spokesperson for Russia’s federal aviation company Rosaviatsiya.
Firefighters paintings on the website of an rental construction hit via a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 21, 2025.
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Korenyako mentioned brief restrictions on flights had been presented at Moscow’s Zhukovsky, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports, in addition to the Strigino World Airport within the town of Nizhny Novgorod, round 240 miles east of the capital.
Ukraine’s air power, in the meantime, mentioned Russia introduced 426 strike and decoy drones into the rustic in a single day, in addition to 24 missiles of quite a lot of varieties. In a publish to Telegram, the air power mentioned 404 drones and all missiles had been intercepted or another way suppressed.
The air power added that 23 drones impacted in 3 places, whilst falling drone particles used to be reported in 12 places.
Kyiv used to be once more rocked via explosions. There, a minimum of one individual used to be killed and 9 other folks injured, Kyiv Town Army Management head Timur Tkachenko mentioned in a publish to Telegram.
Six town districts had been affected, Tkachenko mentioned, with residential constructions, a grocery store, a kindergarten and warehouse amenities had been amongst the ones broken and set ablaze.
The doorway to the Lukianivska metro station used to be additionally broken, Tkachenko mentioned. Citizens of Kyiv retreat to metro stations nightly to refuge from Russian moves.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned in a publish to Telegram that the Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Poltava and Kherson areas had been all affected.
Around the nation, a minimum of two other folks had been killed and 15 injured, Zelenskyy mentioned.
“Simplest actual drive on Russia can forestall this aggression,” he wrote.
In a chain of later posts, Zelenskyy mentioned he met with new Protection Minister Denys Shmyhal and ordered the army to extend Kyiv’s defensive and offensive drone features.
All “wishes of military aviation, the air power and all devices that offer protection to lives in our towns and villages will have to be totally met,” Zelenskyy mentioned.
“You will have to additionally be sure an important build up within the frequency and differ of our drone use towards Russian goals,” he wrote. “Each website in Russia that Moscow makes use of for guns manufacturing will have to transform reachable for our protection forces.”
A customer at an exhibition takes a photograph of portions of an Iranian-made Shahed drone in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 27, 2025.
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Either side are expanding the size in their assaults. To this point in July, Russia has introduced a complete of four,929 drones and 148 missiles into Ukraine, in keeping with Ukraine’s air power — at a mean of round 234 drones and 7 missiles every day.
June noticed 5,438 drones and 239 missiles fired into Ukraine, with a day by day moderate of 181 drones and just about 8 missiles.
And in Might, Russia introduced a complete of three,835 drones and 117 missiles, for a mean of round 124 drones and just about 4 missiles every day.
Despite the fact that smaller in scale, Ukraine additionally seems to be expanding the depth of its drone assaults into Russia. To this point this month, the Protection Ministry in Moscow has reported downing 2,303 Ukrainian drones at a mean of 109 in line with day.
In June, the ministry reported downing a complete of two,368 Ukrainian drones, with a mean of virtually 79 drones in line with day around the month. The ones figures had been down from Might, all the way through which the ministry mentioned it shot down 3,611 drones with a mean of 116 in line with day.
Zelenskyy on Sunday appealed for brand new talks with Russia in quest of a ceasefire to finish Moscow’s full-scale invasion, in development since February 2022 and nonetheless raging regardless of six months of efforts from President Donald Trump’s management to power an finish to the preventing.
Rustem Umerov, who final week used to be moved from his function as protection minister to function secretary of the Nationwide Safety and Protection Council, “reported that he has proposed any other assembly with the Russian aspect for subsequent week,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
“The tempo of negotiations will have to be larger,” the president mentioned. “The whole lot will have to be achieved to succeed in a ceasefire. And the Russian aspect will have to forestall hiding from choices.”
On Sunday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov addressed Trump’s ultimatum — issued previous this month — for Russia to conform to a ceasefire inside of 50 days or face extra sanctions.
“Everyone seems to be already used to his reasonably tricky and easy rhetoric,” Peskov instructed newshounds. “On the identical time, he confirms his intentions to do the entirety conceivable to give a contribution to non violent agreement.”
“In reality, President [Vladimir] Putin has again and again spoken about his need to switch Ukrainian agreement to a calm path once conceivable,” Peskov added. “This can be a lengthy procedure, it calls for effort, and it’s not simple. And, possibly, increasingly more other folks in Washington perceive this.”
As to a conceivable assembly between Trump and Putin, Peskov answered, “It’s conceivable, and through the years it’ll certainly occur. It is vital.”
An explosion of a Russian drone is noticed in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 21, 2025.
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“In all probability it’ll be vital for the fixation of a few primary agreements, which might be accomplished through the years, after an enormous quantity of labor has been achieved,” he endured. “However this time has now not but come. This paintings is but to be achieved.”
“Russia is able to transfer rapid,” Peskov mentioned. “The principle factor for us is to succeed in our targets. Our targets are transparent, evident, they don’t alternate. However the procedure is dependent now not simplest on us.”
ABC Information’ Will Gretsky, Oleksiy Pshemyskiy and Tanya Stukalova and Joe Simonetti contributed to this file.
