Shafaq News – Moscow/Kyiv
An intense night of aerial warfareunfolded across both Russia and Ukraine, as Ukrainian drones were interceptedover several regions and Russian forces launched sustained missile and droneattacks across the border.
Russia’s Defense Ministry reportedintercepting 155 Ukrainian drones between 11 p.m. Moscow time (2000 GMT) and 7a.m., with targets spanning the Moscow region, Crimea, and several westernprovinces including Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, and Smolensk.
Despite the defenses, a dronecrashed into an agricultural facility in Russia’s Khlevensky district, killingone person and injuring another after igniting a fire. Authorities have notconfirmed whether the drone was downed or struck its target directly.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Air Forcereported fresh Russian missile and drone attacks targeting Kharkiv, Donetsk,and Zaporizhzhia. Additional strikes were recorded in Lyubotyn near the Russianborder, as well as in Mykolaiv and Sumy. Ukrainian officials also warned of a ballisticmissile threat from the northeast.
According to Kyiv’s General Staff,214 combat clashes took place over the past 24 hours. Russian forces reportedlylaunched 77 airstrikes, fired more than 5,500 shells, and deployed over 3,800kamikaze drones. In response, Ukrainian units struck eight Russian positions,damaging tanks, missile systems, unmanned aircraft, and other military assets.Russian personnel losses were estimated at over 1,000 in a single day.
Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskyy addressed the growing threat during a meeting with two US senators onThursday night, urging swift reinforcement of Ukraine’s air defense systems.“Russia is aiming to launch attacks involving up to a thousand drones at once,”he wrote on X, describing air defense as Ukraine’s top priority.
I had a good meeting with U.S. Senators @LindseyGrahamSC and @SenBlumenthal. I’m grateful for their participation in the Ukraine Recovery Conference, as well as in the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing. It is important that the United States joined this format – for the… pic.twitter.com/SmAdgSbznM
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 10, 2025As military pressure mounts, USPresident Donald Trump revealed what he described as a new arrangementinvolving NATO arms transfers. “We’re sending weapons to NATO, and NATO ispaying for those weapons, 100%. So what we’re doing is the weapons that aregoing out are going to NATO, and then NATO is going to be giving those weapons[to Ukraine],” he told NBC News. He also announced plans for a “majorstatement” on Russia next Monday.
On the diplomatic front, USSecretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrovduring the ASEAN summit on Thursday. Rubio described the conversation as “a newand different approach” to ongoing negotiations. “I wouldn’t characterize it assomething that guarantees peace,” he said, “but it’s a concept that I’ll takeback to the president.”
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