In Sumy, a man’s phone catches shrapnel—Russian drones keep targeting civilians
The assault injured several civilians. Ukraine’s air defenses intercepted dozens of drones while falling debris struck homes and warehouses.
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Russia doesn’t want peace, says Zelenskyy after Moscow ruins iconic Odesa market, despite peace proposition in Turkiye
The historic Pryvoz, once alive with jokes and bargaining, is torn by Russian drones, as Putin answers diplomacy with terror.
Ukraine downs 45 Russian drones overnight—but 26 still strike 14 locations
Russian Shahed drones hit homes, schools, and factories in Sumy and Kryvyi Rih, despite dense air defenses.
Dutch pledge new Patriot air defense for Ukraine — but US delay blocks German shipment
Chancellor Merz said Germany cannot transfer systems until the US confirms its delivery.
Ukraine hits Russian explosives production chain plant—fire erupts at Samara refinery
The petrochemical facility tied to bomb precursors and jet fuel caught fire after drone strikes overnight on 22 July.
FT: Russia triples drone strike success—Ukraine’s air defenses didn’t get worse, Moscow’s tactics did
Russia’s Shahed drones now dive at 800 km/h, flying too high for Ukraine’s mobile gunners to reach.
Russia’s bombs hit apartment block in Kramatorsk, kill 9-year-old boy as Moscow keeps targeting civilians
Russia’s latest attacks left at least three civilians dead and 25 injured across Ukraine, with strikes reported in Donetsk, Kherson, Sumy, Odesa, and Kharkiv oblasts.
One woman dead, child injured in Odesa as Russia sends 344 drones and 35 missiles overnight
Ukraine intercepted more than 200 aerial targets, but dozens still reached homes, schools, and infrastructure across 12 locations in several regions.
NYP: How small Ukrainian factories are building drones that hunt Russian crafts — without draining millions
The NYP tours where engineers are building budget UAVs to overwhelm Moscow’s drone swarms.
Russia kills Ukrainian railway worker with Shahed drone in scaled-down attack
From 400 drones on 16 July to just 35 launched last night—but impacts across three oblasts still hurt civilians and caused damage.
Another war crime: Russia’s drones kill, injure civilians in Dnipro
Russia's Iranian-designed Shahed UAV strikes left one dead and five wounded, three critically, in a clear attack on civilians. Moscow conducts such attacks every day.
Rheinmetall’s Skynex guns now used to wipe out Russian Shaheds from Ukrainian skies—video shows flawless kills
The non-mobile cannons are now guarding critical infrastructure from daily drone strikes.
Belarus airspace exploited again as Russia unleashes deadly Shahed barrage—Ukraine hit with 3,000+ aerial weapons in a week
A couple in Sumy, a woman in Zaporizhzhia, and others in Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts are among the dead. Russia killed at least seven more Ukrainians, injured 20 others.
ISW: Russia’s true drone target is Ukrainian and Western morale—Ukraine needs more Patriots
By exhausting air defenses and terrorizing cities, Moscow aims to break Ukraine and her allies.
Russia hits maternity ward, hospitals, homes in weaker but destructive drone attack
Odesa, Kharkiv, Chuhuiv, and other cities reported damage and at least 30 injured.
Russia plans to drown Ukraine in 1,000 drones a day—Kyiv prepares to shoot down all
President Zelenskyy: “We will shoot down everything” if partners support the scale-up.
ISW: Moscow’s drone strategy now targets morale more than military value
Even failed strikes help feed Russia’s psychological war, the think tank assesses.
Russia strikes Kyiv for 10 hours—two women killed including 22-year-old metro police officer (updated)
Explosions were heard citywide as homes, schools, and hospitals sustained blast damage.
Shahed drone strike wounds civilian in Mykolaiv as Russia might be saving drones for something bigger
The lull in Russian drone numbers in last night's assault could signal a larger wave of attacks coming.
Russia floods Ukraine with 1,270 drones and nearly 1,000 bombs in a week—“We need air defense now,” Zelenskyy says
Many civilians have been hurt in Ukraine, while Russia also started to target military draft offices.