Ukraine targets Moscow in mass drone attack as Russia bombards Kyiv
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- Ukraine targeted Moscow with around 600 drones overnight, with Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reporting 201 downed in the Moscow region and Governor Andrei Vorobyov saying an 83-year-old man was killed when a drone struck a private home in Moscow Oblast
- Russia's Rostov region, which borders Ukraine, saw at least three people killed in Ukrainian strikes, according to regional authorities
- Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles late Saturday, wounding at least one person and sparking fires at nonresidential sites in the Obolonsky and Holosiivskyi districts, and killed a woman and wounded six more in a missile and drone attack on Kryvyi Rih, President Zelenskyy's hometown
- Romania's air force, with a Spanish F-18 pilot on a NATO air policing mission, shot down a drone breaching Romanian airspace from neighboring Moldova, marking the fourth such incident this year and illustrating how the aerial conflict is spilling into NATO territory
- The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission recorded at least 437 civilians killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine in July alone — the highest monthly toll since the 2022 invasion — underscoring the rising civilian cost of the intensified strikes
Why it matters: Both sides are now routinely striking each other's territory at distances far from the front lines: Ukraine hit Moscow with a 600-drone barrage while Russia fired ballistic missiles into Kyiv and Zelenskyy's hometown Kryvyi Rih. With the UN documenting July as the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since 2022 and NATO pilots in Romania shooting down drones crossing from Moldovan airspace, the conflict is openly breaching the airspace of alliance members and tightening pressure on infrastructure used by civilians on both sides.
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