{"id":7490,"date":"2026-07-06T09:56:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:48:33","slug":"russia-repels-over-600-drones-during-ukrainian-attack-mod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/russia-repels-over-600-drones-during-ukrainian-attack-mod\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia repels over 600 drones during Ukrainian attack \u2013 MOD"},"content":{"rendered":"

The large-scale aerial raid targeted over 20 regions of the country, including Moscow and Crimea<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine launched another large-scale drone attack against Russia overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. More than 600 UAVs were brought down by air defenses across the country.<\/p>\n

The incoming drones were blown up or suppressed via electronic warfare in more than 20 regions, the ministry has said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The primary targets of the raid were energy facilities in Bryansk, Belgorod, Leningrad, Yaroslavl and Kaluga regions as well as in Crimea, the statement read.<\/p>\n

A total of 147 drones were destroyed in Bryansk Region, while 64 were intercepted in the skies above the Crimean peninsula, it added.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Zelensky ordered the attack \u201con the eve of the NATO summit in Ankara [on June 7 and 8] to demonstrate to his European sponsors, including the UK, his willingness to strike civilian targets in Russia from Ukraine at their expense,\u201d<\/em> the ministry said.<\/p>\n

Kiev\u2019s plans were thwarted thanks to the professionalism of Russia\u2019s anti-aircraft units, mobile fire teams and aviation, the statement read, assuring that the infrastructural damage done by the few drones that were able to make it through will be repaired swiftly.<\/p>\n

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Russian MOD lists targets in latest Ukraine barrage<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“The push by the Western sponsors of the Kiev regime to increase supplies of drones, missiles and ammunition produced in European countries and the UK, and Zelensky\u2019s willingness to use them against civilian targets in Russia will not go unnoticed and will be countered by a corresponding increase in the frequency and power of retaliatory strikes by the Russian military against Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> the ministry warned.<\/p>\n

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanian wrote on Telegram that 11 UAVs had been intercepted on approach to the Russian capital.<\/p>\n

The raid caused a blackout in Crimea, with the local electric grid operator, Krymenergo, saying that \u201cdue to technological disruptions caused by external influences on high-voltage networks, a massive outage occurred in all cities and districts of the republic of Crimea.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, confirmed that there was a power outage in the largest city on the peninsula as a result of drone strikes on energy infrastructure. By morning, \u201cpower had returned to most residential buildings,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian drone raids kill two civilians in Crimea<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Kiev has ramped up its long-range UAV attacks on energy facilities and civilian targets inside Russia amid continued setbacks on the battlefield in recent months. Last week, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the capture of the key Ukrainian stronghold of Konstantinovka, which opened the way towards the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration \u2013 the last two remaining cities held by the Kiev troops in Donbass.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned<\/a> the government of Vladimir Zelensky that \u201cthe more strikes the opponent attempts to deliver against our civilian sites\u2026 the larger the safety zone we will have to create in the adjacent territory.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moscow previously said that it would respond to terrorist attacks by Kiev with \u201csystematic and consistent strikes\u201d<\/em> on Ukraine\u2019s military infrastructure, including drone production facilities, command posts, and \u201cdecision-making centers.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russian forces carried out another large-scale missile and drone strike against military-related targets in Ukraine in the early hours of Monday.<\/p>\n

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Defense industrial sites, including drone-making factories, as well as fuel and energy facilities in Kiev and surrounding areas were hit, according to the ministry. The raid also targeted military airfields in the Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernigov and Kiev regions, it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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