Overview

• Ukrainian officials said long-range drones targeted the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield, the Elektropribor defense plant and the Central Asia-Centre gas pipeline in recent raids.
• Another overnight drone wave ignited a fire at a Sotchi oil depot, which regional authorities said caused no casualties.
• Regional governors reported that downed drone debris sparked fires in Samara, Penza and Rostov regions that killed three civilians, including an elderly man about 800 kilometers from the front.
• The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces intercepted 112 Ukrainian drones during the night, and AFP figures show Moscow launched a record 6,297 drones at Ukraine in July to overwhelm its defenses.
• Ukraine has appealed to Western allies for Patriot and other advanced air-defense batteries after its own systems were tested by Russia’s mass drone attacks.