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Russia Launches Massive Drone and Missile Assault — Ukraine Seeks Urgent Air Defense Aid

Kyiv seeks urgent air defense reinforcements after Russian drone and missile strikes damaged hospitals and supply vehicles.

Firefighters work at the site of a building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the downtown of Kharkiv, Ukraine July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch. (Photographs by Roman Pilipey/AFP Getty Images; Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images; and Oleksii Filippov/AFP/Getty Images)
People shop at a street market near a building which was damaged by a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
People sleep on the platform of a metro station as they take cover during a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Overview

  • Ukrainian General Staff reports 214 combat clashes on July 10, with the heaviest fighting in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka sectors.
  • Russian forces launched an unprecedented aerial assault overnight, deploying 741 weapons including 728 Shahed drones, seven Iskander-K cruise missiles and six Kinzhal missiles.
  • Ukraine’s air defenses and interceptor drones neutralized 718 of the incoming threats, according to the Foreign Ministry.
  • Civilian and medical infrastructure suffered fresh hits as drone strikes damaged a maternity hospital in Kharkiv, a clinic in Bilozerka and a bread delivery vehicle in Kherson Region.
  • Kyiv has demanded immediate deliveries of Patriot air defense systems and tougher sanctions on Russian energy exports to counter the intensified attacks.