Ukraine fires more than 400 drones toward Russian capital
   Date :21-Jul-2026

Ukarine 
 
KYIV :
 
UKRAINE fired morethan 400 drones toward Mosco win its latest major attack on the Russian capital, the city’s Mayor said Monday. The blitz came hours afterRussia bombarded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles in a relentless cycle of tit-for-tat strikes that make a settlement toend Moscow’s more than 4-year-old all-out invasion appear adistant possibility. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile,said he would hold “key talks” on Monday as he tries to defuse adomestic political crisis after last week’s government reshuffle exposed adeepsplit between the military’s old guard and young innovators over how to fight the war. Zelen skyy needs to reassureUkrainians that sacrificing 35-year-old Mykhailo Fedorovasdefenceminister and keeping faith with 60-year-old Soviet-trained General Oleksandr Syrskyi as armed forces chief won’tderail the fight against Russia. Days of street protestsin favour of Fedorov and against Syrskyi followed Zelenskyy’s decision. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that over 400 Ukrainian drones were sent towardthe Russian capital from late Sunday until early Monday. He said most were downed far from the capital and 85 were intercepted near Moscow. Andrei Vorobyov,the head of the region around Moscow, said that 10 people were wounded by Ukrainian drones. He said that several residential buildings and civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.