Russian forces intensified strikes on Kyiv over the past week, carrying out two large combined air attacks within several days.
Russian forces carried out a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv during the night of 5 to 6 July 2026, using hundreds of drones and several types of missiles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s air defences failed to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles during a major attack on Kyiv because of insufficient supplies of interceptor missiles.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence said the Defence Forces expanded their deep strike campaign against Russian military-industrial infrastructure in June 2026.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Ukrainian drone strikes had forced the Moscow oil refinery in the Kapotnya district to halt crude oil processing.
Russia has begun operational use of the Volna Kupol Garant electronic warfare system to jam satellites in the Starlink constellation.
UK forces have boarded the vessel SMYRTOS in what the Ministry of Defence described as the first UK-led operation of its kind against a Russian shadow fleet vessel.
Deliveries to India of the fourth regimental set of the S-400 Triumf air defence missile system began on 3 June 2026.
Russia is using the 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile in attacks on targets in Ukraine, including Kyiv, as part of efforts to challenge Ukrainian air defences.
A drone crashed into the roof of a 10-storey apartment block in the south-eastern Romanian city of Galati during a Russian overnight attack on neighbouring Ukraine, Romanian authorities said.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday urged foreign nationals to leave Kyiv after Russian forces carried out a large-scale attack on the Ukrainian capital.
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has published details of Russia’s new jet-powered strike uncrewed aerial vehicle, the Geran-4.
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