LONDON — Russia’s Protection Ministry stated its forces shot down no less than 126 Ukrainian drones in a single day into Thursday morning, with no less than 3 craft intercepted over the capital Moscow area.
The assault was once Ukraine’s biggest drone barrage into Russia because it introduced 167 craft into the rustic on July 11, consistent with information printed by means of Russia’s Protection Ministry and analyzed by means of ABC Information.
The most recent assault noticed drones downed over 11 Russian areas plus annexed Crimea, the ministry stated on Thursday.
Transient flight restrictions had been presented at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, Kaluga Grabtsevo Airport to the southwest of the capital and Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, consistent with Telegram posts by means of Artem Korenyako, a spokesperson for Russia’s federal aviation company Rosaviatsiya.
This photograph displays a view of Kremlin tower with backdrops of the town, all over stormy climate in Moscow, Russia, on July 14, 2025.
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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated on Telegram that no less than 3 drones had been shot down on solution to the town. “Emergency products and services consultants are running on the website of the wreckage,” he wrote.
Within the southwestern Voronezh area, a drone crashed right into a residential development and injured 3 other people, consistent with a remark printed by means of native Gov. Alexander Gusev on Telegram.
Within the western Belgorod area, Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov stated 3 other people had been killed and 17 injured by means of drone assaults from Wednesday afternoon thru into Thursday morning.
Someone else was once injured by means of a drone within the Smolensk area, which sits to the west of Moscow and borders Belarus, Gov. Vasily Anokhin stated.
Within the Kaluga area to Moscow’s southwest, a drone hit a two-story area and a 14-year-old woman was once injured by means of glass fragments, native Gov. Vladislav Shapsha stated on Telegram.
Ukraine’s air drive, in the meantime, stated Russia introduced 64 drones into the rustic in a single day, of which 41 had been shot down or neutralized in flight. The air drive stated 23 drones impacted in 5 places.
As of Thursday, the demise toll from a Russian airstrike at the Donetsk town of Dobropillia rose to 4, consistent with native Gov. Vadym Filashkin. Some other 27 other people had been injured within the strike, Filashkin stated, which centered a shopping mall within the japanese town.
July has marked an uptick in drone assaults introduced by means of each Russia and Ukraine amid stalled U.S.-led efforts to safe a ceasefire deal to finish Russia’s 3-year-old full-scale invasion of its neighbor. On Monday, President Donald Trump set Moscow a 50-day ultimatum to comply with a ceasefire, threatening sanctions if it failed to take action.
In June, Russia’s Protection Ministry reported downing a complete of two,368 Ukrainian drones, with a mean of virtually 79 drones consistent with day around the month.
To this point in July, the Protection Ministry stated it has downed 1,516 Ukrainian drones, with a day-to-day reasonable of 89 drones.
The dimensions of Russian drone and missile moves on Ukraine were expanding since Might, consistent with figures printed by means of the Ukrainian air drive and analyzed by means of ABC Information.
This handout image taken and launched by means of Ukrainian State Emergency Carrier on July 16, 2025, displays firefighters extinguishing a fireplace at a shopping mall in Dobropillia, Donetsk area, after a Russian airstrike.
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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 on a daily basis.
June noticed 5,438 drones and 239 missiles fired into Ukraine, with a day-to-day reasonable of 181 drones and just about 8 missiles.
Already within the first part of July, Ukraine has reported dealing with 4,067 drones and 89 missiles, for a day-to-day reasonable of 239 drones and greater than 5 missiles.
