Moscow regional governor said 81 Ukrainian drones were downed overnight; three killed, three injured in Pionersky settlement.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because Russia has resumed hitting Ukraine's grid substations heading into a war-strained year and just opened a new front across the Oskil river near Kupiansk, threatening both civilian heat and a fresh Ukrainian defensive collapse.
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"Moscow regional governor Andrei Vorobyov said 81 Ukrainian drones were downed overnight, adding that three people were killed and three injured by the attack in the Pionersky settlement in the western part of the Moscow region."
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Extracted JUL 13; approved JUL 14 at 0.60.
- Russian forces established a bridgehead on the east bank of the Oskil river north of Kupiansk
- Strikes on Ukrainian transmission substations resumed on Jun 26 after a five-week pause
- Russian Shahed-type drone output has reached roughly 190 airframes per week
- Neither side retains the capacity for a decisive offensive before autumn
- The EU approved a fourteenth military-assistance tranche including long-range strike systems