Overview

• Russia executed its heaviest aerial assault since 2022, launching over 550 drones and missiles at Ukrainian targets overnight
• Ukraine’s interceptor drones shot down dozens of Iranian-designed Shahed UAVs during the barrage
• On July 4, Zelenskiy and President Trump agreed to strengthen U.S.-Ukraine collaboration on air defense systems and joint drone production
• Germany entered advanced negotiations with the U.S. to supply at least two additional Patriot batteries to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses
• Ukrainian forces struck the Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry in Sergiev Posad, disrupting production of thermobaric warheads for Shahed UAVs