Overview

• Russia deployed 597 Iranian-made Shahed drones and 26 cruise missiles in the July 12 assault against multiple regions.
• Ukraine’s Air Force intercepted nearly all incoming threats, downing 319 drones and almost every missile.
• Four civilians were killed and over ten others wounded after some projectiles struck residential areas in Chernivtsi, Lviv and elsewhere.
• President Zelenskiy obtained fresh commitments for Patriot batteries and Thales systems to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses.
• The Russian Defense Ministry claimed it destroyed military-industrial targets in Lviv, Kharkiv and Lutsk and Foreign Minister Lavrov said North Korea backing was unconditional.