Ukraine aims drone blitz at Moscow, while Russia strikes Ukrainian village
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- Ukraine's military fired nearly 800 drones at Russia overnight in its second-largest such attack since January 2025, with more than 600 aimed at the Moscow region where 180 were shot down, according to the Russian Defence Ministry and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin
- Russia's missile strike on Pechenihy village in the Kharkiv region killed 10 civilians and wounded 17, with President Volodymyr Zelensky calling it 'a brutal attack' that destroyed 10 homes, a cafe, a post office, a store and at least seven vehicles
- The overnight drone barrage ignited a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in a Moscow-region industrial zone; Ukraine has repeatedly targeted Russia's biggest online retailer, which Kyiv says helps supply the Russian military — a claim Moscow denies
- Russian state TV channels Russia 1 and Channel One did not mention the attack in their morning bulletins, yet state news agency RIA Novosti featured it prominently as 'one of the most large-scale attacks on Moscow since the beginning of the summer'
- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Britain will keep backing Ukraine after Russia's embassy warned of 'consequences' over reported use of British-made drones, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calling it potential 'participation in the war, with all the ensuing consequences'
- Neither side is making significant progress on the roughly 1,250-kilometre front line in eastern and southern Ukraine, where troop movements are restricted by large numbers of drones and ground robots, analysts say
Why it matters: Ukraine's capacity to sustain an 800-drone salvo into Russia — with 600 aimed at Moscow — reflects its year-long build-up of domestically produced long-range drones now pressuring the Kremlin nightly. The silence of Russian state TV's flagship morning broadcasts on the attack, alongside RIA Novosti's prominent coverage, exposes the tightrope the Kremlin walks in acknowledging the war's reach, while 10 civilians in Pechenihy paid the immediate cost of Moscow's retaliation.
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