Ukraine intercepted 37 other missiles and over 90 percent of 351 drones used in the attack.
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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"Ukraine intercepted 37 other missiles and more than 90 per cent of the 351 drones used during the attack, the air force said."
"Air defense forces destroyed or suppressed 363 targets (326 drones and 37 cruise missiles); however, ballistic missiles could not be shot down due to an acute shortage of corresponding interceptor missiles."
"Ukraine's air force data showed it was unable to down any of the 23 ballistic missiles fired by Russia"
Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from crookwellgazette.com.au · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 6.
Extracted JUL 6; approved JUL 6 at 0.65. Corroborated by interfax.com.ua JUL 7; confidence 0.65 → 0.75. Corroborated by dailyadvertiser.com.au JUL 7; confidence 0.75 → 0.72.
- 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