Russia fired more than 6,000 drones on Ukraine in July, more than any other month since it launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, the AFP news agency and the Kyiv Independent reported.
According to the AFP news agency, data published by Ukraine’s air force showed that Russia fired 6,297 long-range drones into Ukraine last month, up by nearly 16 percent compared with June.
The Kyiv Independent reported that Russia launched a record 6,129 Shahed-type drones in July, 14 times more than in the same month last year, when Russia launched just 423 drones.
The United States hopes to push Russia to negotiate and achieve a long-term ceasefire in Ukraine by supplying weapons to NATO partners, US Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker said.
ReplyDeleteMore than 120 firefighters were trying to extinguish a blaze at an oil depot in the Russian city of Sochi that was sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack, regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said early on Sunday on the Telegram messaging app.
ReplyDeleteIn the Krasnodar region on the Black Sea where Sochi is located, a fuel tank with a capacity of 2,000 cubic meters (70,000 cubic feet) was on fire, Russia’s RIA news agency reported, citing emergency officials.
Российские каналы сообщают о ночном ударе украинских беспилотников по резервуару с нефтепродуктами в Адлере.
DeleteThe Russian defense ministry said in its daily morning report on Telegram that its air defense units destroyed 93 Ukrainian drones overnight, including one over the Krasnodar region and 60 over the waters of the Black Sea.
ReplyDeleteThe ministry reports only how many drones its units destroy, not how many Ukraine launched.