Another night of war in Ukraine. Russia attacked with 255 drones and Kyiv’s air defense destroyed 195 remotely piloted aircraft, but attacks were recorded in 14 locations. The current toll is three dead and 31 injured. In addition to Lviv, where there is one victim, the Russian armed forces also attacked four districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region using drones, artillery, and air bombardments: two people were killed and three others injured. The drones were launched from the Russian cities of Oryol and Kursk, as well as from the temporarily occupied cities of Donetsk and Hvardiiske in Crimea.
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Moscow: 371 Ukrainian drones intercepted
On the Russian front, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 371 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, as well as over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, according to the Moscow Ministry of Defense. “During last night, the air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 371 Ukrainian drones over the territories of the regions of Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Kursk, Rostov, and Tula, in the territory of Krasnodar, the Republic of Dagestan, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Tatarstan, and over the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea,” the statement reads, as reported by Tass.
Trump: “I have not decided whether to allow Ukraine to produce Patriots”
Meanwhile, negotiations continue on the American license for the production of Patriot missiles, requested by the Ukrainian defense forces. In an interview with the Financial Times, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he has not yet decided whether to allow Ukraine to produce surface-to-air interceptor missiles, raising doubts about Washington’s willingness to grant one of Kyiv’s main requests. Trump said he was “uncertain” about granting Ukraine the license to produce Patriot missiles, adding that the matter is “under review.” “It is an extraordinary weapon and we must be very careful to whom we grant the license. Normally, we do not grant licenses for these technologies.”
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At the NATO summit in Turkey in early July, the U.S. president had stated that Washington would grant Kyiv the license to produce Patriot missiles, and Trump’s new statements come just two days after the White House meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, who described it as “positive,” reporting that the two leaders had discussed “the production of Patriot interceptors and several other ideas.”
Kushner and Witkoff in Ukraine in the coming days
The air defense system is crucial for Ukraine’s ability to intercept Russian ballistic missiles aimed at Kyiv and other cities. After Tuesday’s meeting at the White House, the Ukrainian president said that Trump “agreed to grant us the licenses.” Trump told the Financial Times that his focus is on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, adding that his two envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, will visit Ukraine for the first time in the coming days. “Simply put, we want the war between Russia and Ukraine to end,” he said. “I’m not looking for missiles. I’m looking for peace,” he concluded.
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