Three dead in Moscow region, one in Belgorod after Ukrainian drone attacks

Ukrainian drone attacks claimed three lives in a village near Moscow and one in the Belgorod region. The village near Istra, located 35 kilometers northwest of Moscow, sustained damage to several residential buildings. Two people were injured in Solnechnogorsk due to another impact on a residential block. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that over 350 drones targeted the Moscow region overnight, with the majority neutralized by air defense forces near the city. He stated that 50 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed as they approached the capital. The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, added that air defense and electronic warfare systems neutralized 81 drones in the region. Telegram channels also reported an attack on an oil depot in the Stavropol region, near a site previously targeted on July 9. The governor of Stavropol, Vladimir Vladimirov, confirmed an industrial area in the village of Vyazniki was attacked, though he did not specify the damaged facilities. In the Belgorod border region, one woman died and two men were injured by Ukrainian attacks. Residential buildings in the Vladimir region, east of Moscow, were also damaged. The Ministry of Defense reported repelling 342 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions, including Volgograd, Vladimir, Belgorod, and Moscow.

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As of 20:30 (Moscow time), more than 350 enemy drones were heading towards the Moscow region. The majority were neutralized by air defense forces in the vicinity. Fifty unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed on their approach to the city.