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Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv could hit Russia with domestic ballistic missiles in months, former defence minister says
Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine is innovating its arsenal of weapons quickly; Moscow hit with ‘one of the most massive drone attacks’. What we know on day 1,637
TL;DR
- Ukraine's former defence minister estimates the country could develop domestic ballistic missiles for strikes against Russia within three to six months.
- Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks, hitting a Wildberries distribution warehouse near Moscow and a missile fuel production facility in the Rostov region.
- Russian authorities claimed to have shot down 1,478 Ukrainian drones in 24 hours, describing it as one of the most massive drone attacks.
- A Spanish fighter jet, deployed on NATO duties, intercepted a drone that breached Romanian airspace near the border with Ukraine and Moldova.
- The EU foreign policy chief wants to increase the number of sanctioned Russian entities by one-third over the Ukraine war.
- Russian drone and missile attacks in Ukraine killed two people at ArcelorMittal's steel plant in Kryvyi Rih and caused casualties in the Zaporizhzhia region and Kyiv.
- Ukrainian President Zelenskyy reported over 1,550 attack drones, 1,560 guided aerial bombs, and 62 missiles hitting Ukrainian cities in the past week, renewing calls for more air defence.
- Russian officials reported that an overnight Ukrainian missile strike killed six people and wounded four in the Belgorod region.