Overview

• Russia canceled Navy Day parades in St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and Vladivostok for security reasons, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed
• On July 27, Russian air defense units reported downing 291 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones across multiple regions
• In the latest barrage overnight, Ukraine’s Air Force said it intercepted 309 of 324 Shahed-type drones and two Kh-101 cruise missiles
• Poland’s Operational Command said NATO and allied jets were scrambled in response to the strikes but no Polish airspace violations were detected
• President Putin pledged to raise Russia’s naval strike power and combat capability to a qualitatively new level after earlier Black Sea fleet losses