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Four drones destroyed on approach to Moscow — mayor

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July 1, 2026

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Sergey Sobyanin also reported that emergency responders are working at the crash sites

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Intel Slava

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· Jul 6, 2026

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russian drones striking targets in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odessa region.

— Russian drones striking targets in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odessa region.

TASS

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· Jul 3, 2026

Four more drones downed while approaching Moscow — mayor

First responders are working at the crash sites

Ukrainska Pravda

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· Jun 26, 2026

Russian drone strike hits nine-storey building and car park in Sumy, fires break out and residents evacuated – photos, video

Russian drones struck a high-rise residential building and a car park in Sumy, causing fires and damaging around 10 cars. No casualties were reported.

Euromaidan Press

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· Jul 3, 2026

Ukraine’s eastern kill zone is 25 km deep — corps commander expects 30 by year’s end

Drones now do most of the killing, and Russia has abandoned armored assault for two- and three-man infiltration

Kyiv Post

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· Jul 4, 2026

Moscow Authorities Claim 16 Drones Shot Down in Heavy Overnight Attack

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed Russian air defenses intercepted 16 drones flying toward the capital in the early hours of Saturday. He gave no details on damage or casualties, saying only that emergency crews were working at debris impact sites.

Yemen News Agency - SABA

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· Jul 12, 2026

Russian authorities: Over 40 Ukrainian drones heading towards Moscow destroyed

Russian authorities: Over 40 Ukrainian drones heading towards Moscow destroyed

Sweden Herald

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· Jun 26, 2026

Russia: At least 30 Ukrainian drones shot down near Moscow

Russia: At least 30 Ukrainian drones shot down near Moscow

The Eastern Herald

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· Jul 5, 2026

Russia’s Air Defense Intercepts 71 Ukrainian Drones Overnight Over Belgorod, Bryansk and Crimea

Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 71 fixed-wing Ukrainian drones between 8 p.m. Moscow time on July 4 and 7 a.m. on July 5, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday. The drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Rostov regions, Crimea, and the Black Sea.

Sputnik

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· Jul 2, 2026

Russian Embassy in Sweden Says Subjected to Another Drone Attack

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Embassy in Sweden said on Thursday that it had been once again attacked by drones, with one dropping paint and another dropping an imitation of an improvised explosive device near the diplomatic mission.

NaturalNews.com

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· Jun 23, 2026

Russian Tu-160 bombers complete 16-hour Arctic patrol shadowed by NATO jets

(NaturalNews) Tu-160 Blackjack bombers completed a 16-hour patrol over the Barents and Norwegian Seas. Norwegian F-35 fighter jets intercepted the Russian bo...

Meduza.io

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· Jul 7, 2026

Ukraine sends more than 430 drones toward Moscow. Belgorod hit by missile strike, one person killed.

More than 430 drones were launched toward the Moscow region beginning on the evening of July 6, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said. Air defense forces neutralized a large portion of them at long range; 36 were shot down on approach to the city.

Daily Finland

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· Jul 6, 2026

Israeli airstrikes hit S. Lebanon as drone flies over Beirut suburbs

Israeli warplanes struck the outskirts of the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon on Sunday, while Israeli forces conducted demolition explosions and artillery shelling in several border areas, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Xinhua. According to the NNA, Israeli forces carried out a controlled explosion in the town of Al-Tiri and extensive demolition explosions in the towns of Beit Yahoun and Kounine, all in the Bint Jbeil district. Israeli artillery also shelled the vicinity of the town of Qantara. The NNA also reported that an Israeli drone dropped a stun grenade on the town of Al-Mansouri in the Tyre district. No casualties were immediately reported. Israeli drones were also seen flying over villages and towns near Tyre, as well as at low altitude over the city of Baalbek and neighboring villages in eastern Lebanon, according to the NNA. Another drone was reported flying over Beirut and its southern suburbs. No immediate information was available on the extent of the damage. Separately, Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said the cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 has risen to 4,304, with 12,203 others wounded.

BRICS News

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· Jul 4, 2026

JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St.

JUST IN: Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St. Petersburg oil terminal.@BRICSNews

Sky News Australia

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· Jun 27, 2026

Ukraine launches one of its largest drone attacks on Russia

Ukraine has launched one of its largest drone attacks on Russia. Moscow’s Defence Ministry confirmed its military intercepted 660 drones. The attack surpassed Kyiv’s aerial assault in May, when 556 drones targeted Russia. Authorities in the Russian Crimea region declared an “emergency situation” to try to ease the fallout from increasing attacks by Ukraine.

Al-Monitor

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· Jun 22, 2026

Moscow shoots down nearly 60 drones; Russian attacks kill five in Ukraine

June 22 (Reuters) - Moscow shot down dozens of drones in the early hours of Monday and briefly suspended flights at airports, authorities in the Russian capital said, just days after Ukraine hit the city's oil refinery again.Ukrainian authorities said Russian drones had hit civilian merchant vessels, killing an Egyptian crew member, while drone attacks elsewhere killed at least five people, including three members of the same family in Ukraine's northern Sumy region.

South China Morning Post

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· Jun 26, 2026

Russia reports one of biggest Ukrainian drone attacks, including on Crimea

Russian air defences intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major night-time attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday. It appeared to be one of the biggest drone attacks on Russia and the illegally annexed Crimea since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago. The previous biggest Ukrainian attack over the past year was 556 drones on May 17. In an effort to turn the...

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