Ukraine launches more than 400 drones toward Moscow, Russian officials say
Moscow's mayor reported that over 400 Ukrainian drones were sent toward the capital, with most intercepted and some causing fires and injuries in the surrounding region.
Moscow's mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that more than 400 Ukrainian drones were launched toward the Russian capital from late Sunday into early Monday. He added that the majority were downed far from the city and that 85 were intercepted near Moscow.
Andrei Vorobyov, head of the Moscow region, reported ten injuries and damage to several residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. A fire broke out at the Yuzhnye Vrata industrial park, about 30 km (18 miles) south of Moscow, according to Yevgeniya Khrustaleva, the head of the Domodedovo area. An oil depot in Podolsk, roughly 20 km (12 miles) from the capital, was also said to have caught fire, though officials have not confirmed the strike.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had hit logistics facilities and an oil depot in the Moscow region, as well as two vessels of Russia's shadow fleet and four dry cargo ships in the Black Sea. Independent verification of these claims was not available.
The drone attack follows a recent Russian ballistic-missile strike on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, which Russian officials said killed at least six people and wounded dozens. The Institute for the Study of War noted that Russia has launched more ballistic missiles against Ukraine in July than it produces each month, suggesting the use of stockpiles.
Russia's defense ministry said its forces struck fuel tanks in the southern port of Odesa overnight, while Ukraine's air force reported that Russian forces fired two missiles and 94 long-range strike drones, with air defenses intercepting most of them.