Moscow Mayor Reports 123 Drones Shot Down Repelling Attack on Capital
Moscow's air defense forces continue to repel a massive drone attack, with 123 drones destroyed so far, according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Moscow's air defense forces continue to repel a massive drone attack, with 123 drones destroyed so far, according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
During a working trip to Sakhalin, Russian President Vladimir Putin heard a report from Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Viktor Liina and ordered the fleet to give a symmetrical response to illegal actions by Western states detaining Russian commercial vessels.
The Russian Defense Ministry said strikes on ports in the Odesa region targeted warehouses and ships involved in supplying weapons to Ukrainian forces.
Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said a missile strike was carried out on an industrial enterprise in the Samara region. Details on consequences are being clarified.
Governor Oleg Melnichenko said drones attacked an agricultural enterprise in the region's industrial zone, causing a local fire that was quickly extinguished; no casualties.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, commenting on Vladimir Zelensky's repeated requests for interceptor missiles, stressed that for the U.S. military leadership, the main priority remains rebuilding and strengthening its own defense capabilities.
Russian troops struck a weapons and equipment storage facility in the port of Yuzhny and a fuel tank in Odesa port, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Russia's Transport Ministry announced plans to form a unified maritime administration to regulate commercial shipping, according to the ministry's press service.
Kyiv regime faces critical shortage of air defense systems amid massive Russian strikes. Zelensky asked the US to sell five percent of Patriot missiles from its stockpiles, but Washington refuses, citing its own security concerns.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow intends to independently choose targets for retaliatory actions in connection with the seizure of Russian ships by Western countries.
Russian forces continue strikes on port infrastructure and vessels used by the Ukrainian military, including fuel depots and a patrol boat in Ochakiv.
The FSB reported that a serviceman of the Ministry of Defense was killed in Sevastopol as a result of an explosion, and a Russian citizen was detained on suspicion of committing it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kuril Islands for the first time, touring a fish processing plant, a hospital, and a school, and meeting with the regional governor.
During his trip to the Far East, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Yasny fish processing plant on Iturup Island, where he toured the facilities, spoke with staff, and sampled products, including caviar.
President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on security of Russia's eastern borders, discussing the situation in the region and tasks for protecting all frontiers.
Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said the city was temporarily blacked out after a drone attack, with air defense forces repelling the assault.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Ukraine uses intelligence data from Western states to strike ships in the Black and Azov seas, exacerbating the global food crisis.
During a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Kuban, a minor was killed, and there are casualties and injuries in other areas.
Russian military groups 'North', 'West', 'South' and 'East' destroyed 152 Ukrainian drone control points in the past day, according to statements released by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Regional operational headquarters reported that in Novorossiysk, drone debris hit six residential buildings, a commercial building, and a construction site, with casualties.
A civilian was killed in the village of Kozinka, Belgorod region, as a result of a drone attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the regional operational headquarters reported.
US President Donald Trump said that US citizen Robert Gilman, who was serving a sentence in Russia, is heading home. According to Trump, the plane with Gilman will land at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington this evening local time.
Russian military struck ships in the Black Sea operating in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as a warehouse with drones in Kyiv and a Nova Poshta terminal.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces struck a warehouse in Kyiv storing attack drones, as well as a Nova Poshta terminal and the Zaporizhstal plant.
A man was killed in a drone attack on the Voronezh Region, and fires broke out at two warehouse facilities, according to Governor Alexander Gusev.