LONDON — Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned its forces shot down at the least 126 Ukrainian drones in a single day into Thursday morning, with at the least 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 response to 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 mentioned on Thursday.
Momentary flight restrictions had been launched at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport, Kaluga Grabtsevo Airport to the southwest of the capital and Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, in response to Telegram posts by Artem Korenyako, a spokesperson for Russia’s federal aviation company Rosaviatsiya.
This picture exhibits a view of Kremlin tower with backdrops of town, throughout stormy climate in Moscow, Russia, on July 14, 2025.
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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin mentioned on Telegram that at the least three drones had been shot down on method to town. “Emergency companies 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 response to a press release printed by native Gov. Alexander Gusev on Telegram.
Within the western Belgorod area, Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov mentioned three folks had been killed and 17 injured by drone assaults from Wednesday afternoon by way 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 mentioned.
Within the Kaluga area to Moscow’s southwest, a drone hit a two-story home and a 14-year-old woman was injured by glass fragments, native Gov. Vladislav Shapsha mentioned on Telegram.
Ukraine’s air drive, in the meantime, mentioned Russia launched 64 drones into the nation in a single day, of which 41 had been shot down or neutralized in flight. The air drive mentioned 23 drones impacted in 5 places.
As of Thursday, the demise toll from a Russian airstrike on the Donetsk metropolis of Dobropillia rose to 4, in response to native Gov. Vadym Filashkin. One other 27 folks had been injured within the strike, Filashkin mentioned, which focused a shopping mall within the japanese 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 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 median of virtually 79 drones per day throughout the month.
Up to now in July, the Protection Ministry mentioned it has downed 1,516 Ukrainian drones, with a each day common of 89 drones.
The dimensions of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine have been rising since Could, in response to figures printed by the Ukrainian air drive and analyzed by ABC Information.
This handout image taken and launched by Ukrainian State Emergency Service on July 16, 2025, exhibits firefighters extinguishing a hearth at a shopping mall in Dobropillia, Donetsk area, after a Russian airstrike.
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In Could, Russia launched a complete of three,835 drones and 117 missiles, for a median of round 124 drones and almost 4 missiles every day.
June noticed 5,438 drones and 239 missiles fired into Ukraine, with a each day common of 181 drones and almost eight missiles.
Already within the first half of July, Ukraine has reported dealing with 4,067 drones and 89 missiles, for a each day common of 239 drones and greater than 5 missiles.
