Russia and Ukraine Alternate Collection of Main Strikes

[ad_1] Moscow confronted a Ukrainian drone assault for the fifth night time in a row, the town's mayor has mentioned, as Russia launched one more bombardment on Ukrainian infrastructure.

Video shared on social media confirmed chaos at Moscow's airports after the Ukrainian drone risk disrupted flight paths.

In the meantime, no less than one individual was killed and a number of other had been injured in Ukraine's capital Kyiv following Moscow's newest bombardment.

Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian and Russian protection ministries for remark.

Why It Issues Russia is displaying no signal of letting up in its drone and missile assaults on Ukrainian infrastructure, regardless of President Volodymyr Zelensky's invitation to carry peace talks with Moscow in Turkey later this week.

Kyiv's use of drones on Russia follows a warning in Could by Serhii Bratchuk, from the Ukrainian Protection Military's Southern Division, about Ukraine's plans to disrupt aviation to make the Russian inhabitants pay for Vladimir Putin's aggression.

Folks stroll previous wreckage close to a metro station following a Russian assault in Kyiv on July 21, 2025. Folks stroll previous wreckage close to a metro station following a Russian assault in Kyiv on July 21, 2025. OLEKSII FILIPPOV/Getty Photographs What To Know Russia repeated its mass drone and missile assaults on Kyiv in a single day Sunday in strikes which native authorities mentioned killed no less than one individual and injured six.

Ukraine's Air Drive mentioned Russia launched 450 drones and missiles concentrating on Kyiv, the western metropolis of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kharkiv.

Explosions rocked Kyiv within the early hours of Sunday, with outside kiosks burning and smoke pouring from the doorway of the broken Lukianivska subway station.

In Ivano-Frankivsk, air defenses had been deployed throughout what the town's mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv described as the biggest assault on the western area because the begin of the warfare.

In the meantime, greater than 230 Ukrainian drones had been shot down downed over Russia since Saturday morning, together with 27 over the capital, in keeping with Russia's defence ministry.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin mentioned the Russian capital confronted a fifth night time of Ukrainian drone assaults, however that the units had been shot down by air defenses. Footage on social media confirmed particles hitting residential areas the place a number of explosions had been recorded.

Injury to a railway station in Kamenolomni, within the Rostov area additional south attributable to falling drone particles was additionally reported, inflicting hours-long practice delays.

Russia was pressured to briefly shut all 4 main airports in Moscow after Ukraine fired greater than 230 drones over the weekend, officers mentioned.

At the least 140 flights had been cancelled throughout Moscow following Ukraine’s counterattack, which started Saturday morning, with 27 drones… pic.twitter.com/BjxVS74Q3K

— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18News) July 21, 2025 ‼️🇺🇦✈️ Since this morning, Ukrainian drones have been attacking Moscow — experiences point out strikes and explosions have been heard in a number of places. pic.twitter.com/ILI572C9BI

— Visioner (@visionergeo) July 21, 2025 The threats posed by drones prompted restrictions to be imposed on flights from Moscow's Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports, in keeping with Russia's state aviation company Rosaviatsia.

Two different main airports in Moscow had been additionally briefly closed and no less than 140 flights had been cancelled as photographs on social media confirmed disgruntled passengers trapped on the crowded airports for as much as 12 hours.

Open supply intelligence X channel Visoner mentioned Ukrainian forces had been launching waves of drones at numerous areas of Russia, together with Moscow, with the intention of overloading Russian air protection methods.

What Folks Are Saying Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned: "Russian strikes are all the time an assault on humanity."

Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin: "Two drones attacking Moscow had been shot down. Emergency service specialists are working on the crash website."

What Occurs Subsequent After months of dealing with elevated assaults by Russia on Ukrainian cities, together with Kyiv, Ukraine's navy seems to have intensified efforts in concentrating on Russia's capital.

In the meantime, regardless of Zelensky's supply for talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned "the principle factor for us is to attain our targets". These embody Ukraine withdrawing from Russia-annexed areas and abandoning its aspirations to affix Nato – phrases that Kyiv and its Western allies have rejected.