Ukraine launches big drone attack on Russian aviation plant and missile production facility; Moscow suffers…
New Delhi: The Ukrainian army targeted Russian capital Moscow on Friday, July 11 by launching drones in which two people were reportedly killed, as informed by Russian authorities.
What targets were hit by Ukraine?
Meanwhile, Russian air defences downed 155 Ukrainian drones between 11 p.m. on Thursday, July 10 and 7 a.m. on Friday, July 11. Out of these 155 drones, 11 were bound for Moscow, Russia’s defence ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.
Kyiv said it had attacked a Russian aviation plant and a missile production facility in the Tula region with drones. The army said the overnight attack caused explosions and fires at the aviation plant.
Two people were killed in the Thursday overnight and early Friday morning Ukrainian drone attacks. Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia (Federal Air Transport Agency) said three of the four airports in Moscow, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky, temporarily suspended operations as a precaution, which were later resumed.
Where did Russia launch counter attacks?
Nine people were injured, and a maternity hospital was damaged in Kharkiv in a Russian drone attack. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram that mothers with newborns were being taken to a separate medical center. He did not say whether anyone from the hospital was among the injured.
Will Trump send weapons to Ukraine?
US President Donald Trump said the United States will provide weapons to Ukraine through NATO and will make a major statement on Russia on Monday. Trump will send weapons to Kyiv for the first time since returning to office under a presidential authority often used by previous president Joe Biden. Two sources familiar with the decision said the move signals the president’s new interest in Ukraine’s defense.
A drone crashed onto the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the Lipetsk region, sparking a short-lived fire and killing one person and injuring another, regional governor Igor Artamonov said on Telegram.
The Russian defence ministry said that its air defence systems destroyed four drones over the Lipetsk region that lies in Russia’s southwest. The ministry only reports the number of drones that its units destroy, not how many Ukraine launches.
(With Reuters inputs)
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