Ukraine Fires 800 Drones at Moscow as Russia Kills 10 in Kharkiv
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- Ukraine fired nearly 800 drones at Russia in one of its biggest aerial attacks since the February 2022 invasion, according to officials, coming just two days after a similar salvo
- Russia's Defense Ministry said it intercepted 791 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, annexed Crimea, and the Black and Azov seas — the second-largest drone attack since January 2025 per AP's tally, with more than 600 aimed at the Moscow region and 180 shot down there per Mayor Sergei Sobyanin
- A Russian missile strike on the village of Pechenihy in Kharkiv region killed at least 10 civilians and wounded others, demolishing 10 homes and damaging a cafe, post office, store and at least seven vehicles, prompting Zelenskyy to call it a "brutal attack" and vow retaliation
- The overnight attack started a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in a Moscow-region industrial zone; Ukraine has repeatedly targeted the Russian online retailer's depots, which it says supply the Russian military, while the company reported only "insignificant damage"
- State-run Russian TV channels — Russia 1 and Channel One — did not mention the attack in morning bulletins, though state news agency RIA Novosti featured it prominently as "one of the most large-scale attacks on Moscow since the beginning of the summer"
- The UK Defense Ministry vowed it would not back off military support for Kyiv after Russia's embassy in London warned that Ukraine's reported use of British-made drones against Russian soil would bring "consequences" for London
- Ukraine's stated objective is to make the Russian public feel the war's consequences and pressure Putin into peace talks, though the article notes Putin "has so far shown no sign he intends to stop the invasion" while analysts say neither side is making significant progress on the roughly 1,250-km frontline
Why it matters: The 791-drone intercept figure marks the second-largest Ukrainian drone attack since January 2025, showing Kyiv is willing to burn through massive salvoes to pressure Putin despite no battlefield gains — yet with Russian state TV staying silent and only minimal reported damage inside Russia, the domestic pressure campaign appears to be falling short of breaking Moscow's resolve.
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