Overview

• Russia deployed 597 attack drones and 26 cruise missiles overnight from July 12 to 13, striking regions from Kharkiv and Sumy to Lviv and Bukovyna in its largest single aerial assault since 2022.
• At least six civilians were killed and dozens more wounded as falling debris from drones and missiles struck homes, roads and other infrastructure.
• Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 319 drones and 25 missiles but warn that the influx of low-cost Iranian-designed Shahed kamikaze drones and domestically produced Geran-2 variants is depleting interceptor stocks.
• President Zelenskyy has called for biting oil sanctions on Russia and urged Western allies to send additional air defense systems and interceptor drones following the onslaught.
• The Russian Defense Ministry said it targeted military-industrial complexes and an aerodrome, and Poland scrambled fighter jets near its border in response to the escalating strikes.