LONDON — Russia’s Protection Ministry stated its forces shot down a minimum of 126 Ukrainian drones in a single day into Thursday morning, with a minimum of three craft intercepted over the capital Moscow area.
The assault was Ukraine’s largest drone barrage into Russia because it launched 167 craft into the nation on July 11, in accordance with information printed by Russia’s Protection Ministry and analyzed by ABC Information.
The newest assault noticed drones downed over 11 Russian areas plus annexed Crimea, the ministry stated on Thursday.
Momentary flight restrictions have been launched at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, Kaluga Grabtsevo Airport to the southwest of the capital and Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, in accordance with Telegram posts by Artem Korenyako, a spokesperson for Russia’s federal aviation company Rosaviatsiya.
This photograph reveals a view of Kremlin tower with backdrops of the town, throughout stormy climate in Moscow, Russia, on July 14, 2025.
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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated on Telegram that a minimum of three drones have been shot down on method to the town. “Emergency providers specialists are working on the web site of the wreckage,” he wrote.
Within the southwestern Voronezh area, a drone crashed right into a residential constructing and injured three folks, in accordance with an announcement printed by native Gov. Alexander Gusev on Telegram.
Within the western Belgorod area, Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov stated three folks have been killed and 17 injured by drone assaults from Wednesday afternoon by means of into Thursday morning.
One other particular person was injured by 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 home and a 14-year-old lady was injured by glass fragments, native Gov. Vladislav Shapsha stated on Telegram.
Ukraine’s air pressure, in the meantime, stated Russia launched 64 drones into the nation in a single day, of which 41 have been shot down or neutralized in flight. The air pressure stated 23 drones impacted in 5 areas.
As of Thursday, the loss of life toll from a Russian airstrike on the Donetsk metropolis of Dobropillia rose to 4, in accordance with native Gov. Vadym Filashkin. One other 27 folks have been injured within the strike, Filashkin stated, which focused a shopping mall within the jap metropolis.
July has marked an uptick in drone assaults launched by 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 conform to 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 per day throughout the month.
Up to now in July, the Protection Ministry stated it has downed 1,516 Ukrainian drones, with a day by day common of 89 drones.
The dimensions of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine have been rising since Might, in accordance with figures printed by the Ukrainian air pressure and analyzed by ABC Information.
This handout image taken and launched by Ukrainian State Emergency Service on July 16, 2025, reveals firefighters extinguishing a fireplace at a shopping mall in Dobropillia, Donetsk area, after a Russian airstrike.
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In Might, Russia launched a complete of three,835 drones and 117 missiles, for a mean of round 124 drones and almost 4 missiles every day.
June noticed 5,438 drones and 239 missiles fired into Ukraine, with a day by day common of 181 drones and almost eight missiles.
Already within the first half of July, Ukraine has reported going through 4,067 drones and 89 missiles, for a day by day common of 239 drones and greater than 5 missiles.
