Russia says it downs 519 drones as Kiev reports heavy strikes

MOSCOW/KIEV, July 6– Russia said on Monday that its air defense systems downed 519 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight, while Kiev reported that a Russian missile and drone attack on the capital left at least 11 people dead and dozens injured.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said the drones were shot down over 20 regions, including the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Leningrad, Moscow, Rostov and Yaroslavl regions. Regional authorities said a woman was killed in the city of Kerch in Crimea, with several others injured in Crimea and the Yaroslavl region.

In the Kaluga region, a drone strike sparked a fire at an industrial enterprise in the Dzerzhinsky District, with no casualties reported after evacuation, according to Governor Vladislav Shapsha.