Unmanned aerial vehicle
On the night of July 12, air defense forces shot down two enemy Shahed drones in Vinnytsia region, with no casualties or damage to infrastructure, said Natalia Zabolotna, first deputy head of the regional military administration.
The Vostok Air Force unit shot down an enemy drone in the Dnipro region in the morning.
Groups of hostile UAVs were spotted flying in different directions over several regions of Ukraine, including Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad.
Ukrainian air defense shoots down three enemy targets in Khmelnytsky region, causing no casualties or damage.
The Drone Coalition for Ukraine has created a fund, which has already received more than €45 million in contributions, to help deliver drones quickly.
In Mykolaiv region, the wreckage of a downed enemy UAV caused a dry grass fire, but it was extinguished without casualties.
At night, dry grass caught fire in Dnipropetrovs'k region due to the fall of the wreckage of a destroyed enemy UAV, and the occupiers also damaged infrastructure by shelling Nikopol and Marhanets community.
On July 9, Russian troops attacked Odesa region with a ballistic missile, probably an Iskander-M, and Ukrainian air defense destroyed five reconnaissance drones in the region.
Russian air defense allegedly shot down 38 UAVs over 5 regions. At that time, it was reported that drones attacked an oil depot in Volgograd region, and an electrical substation caught fire in Rostov region after explosions.
In the Kharkiv region, Russian troops shelled four districts over the past day, injuring one person, burning 12 hectares of wheat and grass, and damaging buildings and infrastructure.
Several dozen drones were destroyed and suppressed in different parts of the Rostov region during a massive attack in the early morning.
Pro-Ukrainian guerrillas scouted the Khersones airfield in occupied Sevastopol and provided its coordinates, finding that it is mainly used as a base for UAVs.
After a massive morning attack by the enemy on several regions, including Kyiv, an air alert was again announced, likely due to an enemy reconnaissance UAV.
At night and in the morning, Russian troops fired 8 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, including a missile attack on the outskirts of Sumy, and 16 explosions were recorded.
Four people were injured and sent for outpatient treatment in Nikopol district due to enemy attacks using kamikaze drones and artillery strikes on Marhanets and Pokrovska communities, which damaged buildings and caused fires.
The occupation forces continue to hope for the realization of their plans. Thus, since the beginning of the day, the enemy has been active along almost the entire front line, concentrating its offensive efforts on the Liman and Pokrovsk directions.
A fire at a Lukoil oil depot and fuel tanks in the Krasnodar region of Russia broke out after a drone attack was reported.
An oil depot caught fire and a communication tower was damaged as a result of a drone attack in the krasnodar region.
There was an explosion in the Kremenchuk community in Poltava region.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, numerous groups of enemy attack drones were spotted flying in the direction of various regions of Ukraine, including Myrhorod, northeast of Poltava, north of Sumy, and from Kherson region.
At night, the enemy attacked Odesa region with attack drones, damaging the asphalt road surface, but no casualties were reported.
The Russians shelled the border areas and settlements of Sumy region nine times, causing 33 explosions and shelling Krasnopilska, Bilopilska and Esmanska communities with mortars, drones and mines.
A massive UAV attack occurred overnight in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. An oil terminal was reported on fire.
A drone attacked the Tambov gunpowder plant in Russia, despite authorities' claims that two drones were shot down by air defense systems.
The enemy conducted several strikes with the KABs in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv, the details of the consequences are still being investigated.
The Russian attack on the city of Dnipro resulted in civilian casualties, with Filatov confirming civilian deaths.
Over the last day, the enemy launched 29 GABs at us, almost in all districts of Kharkiv region. Recently, the enemy used the FAB-500 bomb for the first time, which has a very serious destructive power.
The Russians are increasingly using guided aerial bombs equipped with universal planning and correction modules to strike targets from 40-60 kilometers away, repurposing their stockpile of conventional aerial bombs due to limited supplies of expensive missiles.
In the first half of 2024, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine adopted and authorized for use in the Armed Forces nearly 480 models of weapons and military equipment, more than half of which were domestically produced.
In June 2024, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed nearly 300 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles and a Su-25 aircraft.