Overview

• Ukrainian drone strikes over the weekend killed at least three people across Russian regions and ignited a major fire at an oil depot near Sochi.
• Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces reported hitting a Ryazan refinery, a Primorsko-Akhtarsk military airfield and an electronics plant in Penza.
• The Russian Defense Ministry said it intercepted or destroyed 112 Ukrainian drones over eight regions, including Crimea, while Kyiv claims to have shot down 45 of 53 drones and decoys launched by Russia.
• Russian drone and decoy attacks wounded 11 civilians in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine said.
• U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is set to travel to Moscow by the August 8 cease-fire deadline in a bid to secure a truce and warn of fresh sanctions.