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Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday, as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of its parliamentary elections. Moscow’s mayor described the wave of drones as the “largest ever” drone attack on the Russian capital.
Plumes of smoke rose over Moscow on Sunday morning after Ukraine's latest massed drone attack on the city in which a major oil refinery was among the targets.
Ukraine has increasingly targeted Russia’s oil and gas industry with long-range drone strikes, according to reports
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes occurred at oil-processing plants in Russia’s Perm region. Ukraine also targeted launch sites for Russian drones in the Kursk Oblast region and another site in the Black Sea.
The Wall Street Journal’s Matthew Luxmoore joins Morning Joe to discuss his new reporting on Iryna Terekh, a furniture designer who has revolutionized Ukraine’s drone capabilities. Terekh, Luxmoore says, sheltered for days in Bucha as Russians took over, an experience he says encouraged her to join Ukraine’s defense industry. Now, she leads a 7,000-person defense company whose long-range drones and missiles are hitting Russian targets.
Russian air defenses in the Moscow region shot down at least 201 Ukrainian drones overnight and into Sunday morning, according to the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months. The barrage has caused fuel shortages in Russia and unsettled the Russian public.
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Ukrainian long-range strikes hit two major Russian oil refineries overnight into Thursday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported in a post to Telegram.
Smoke rises as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a logistics hub of Russian retailer Wildberries following a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia’s Ryazan region, July 29 [Handout/Ukraine Online Telegram Channel via Anadolu] Published [...]
Ukraine's sustained and sophisticated drone warfare has knocked out refineries, tilted the battlefield balance and brought the war home to some Russians for the first time in four years of fighting. Why it matters: With Ukrainian confidence running high, and Russia struggling to provide fuel to its cities and supplies to its troops, President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's launching a "40-day influence operation" to force Moscow to sign a peace deal. Driving the news: Hours after Zelensky's announcement on Thursday came one of the largest drone attacks of the war, targeting 12 regions of Russia as well as occupied Crimea. - Russian authorities said at least 660 Ukrainian drones were intercepted. Explosions were reported at a chemical…