Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said more than 430 drones flew toward the Moscow region overnight from July 6 to July 7, in what TASS calculations described as one of the largest attacks on the Russian capital area in two years, Kyiv Post reported.
Sobyanin said most drones were intercepted on “distant approaches,” with 36 destroyed closer to Moscow. Russia’s Defence Ministry said air defences downed 452 Ukrainian drones across Russian regions overnight. Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports operated under coordinated restrictions, while Zhukovsky airport suspended flights entirely.
The reported wave followed two escalations on July 6. Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv and the surrounding region; Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said the Kyiv city death toll had risen to 19 by July 7, with search-and-rescue under way in Darnytskyi district, while Kyiv Oblast separately reported eight dead, Euromaidan Press reported.
The same day, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery, Russia’s largest, in one of Kyiv’s deepest attacks of the war, roughly 2,700 kilometers from Ukrainian-held territory, Reuters reported.
The contrast is central to the exchange: Russia’s major strikes on Kyiv repeatedly produce civilian casualties, while Ukraine’s long-range attacks inside Russia have focused mainly on energy, military and industrial infrastructure rather than civilian targets.
