Russia deployed 108 drones, with 26 successfully striking their intended targets.
Headline: Ukraine Repels Massive Drone Attack by Russia, Neutralizing 82 Aerial Targets
On August 7, Ukraine faced a significant drone attack from Russia, with 112 Shahed-type strike and decoy drones targeting multiple locations across the country. The Ukrainian Defense Forces demonstrated robust air defense efforts, intercepting 89 drones, while 23 drones managed to strike 11 unspecified locations.
The attack, part of a larger continuous Russian campaign, saw drone launch sites located in Russian cities such as Shatalovo, Kursk, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and the temporarily occupied Crimean city of Chaud. Debris from shot-down drones fell in 8 locations within Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare divisions, unmanned systems divisions, and mobile fire groups were involved in repelling the drone attack. The AFU report, issued on August 7th through the AFU's Telegram account, states that these attacks resulted in hits, although the nature or extent of the damages caused remains unspecified.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has also been actively launching its own drone strikes against Russian targets. On August 7, Ukrainian forces struck a Russian oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai and a military facility in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, causing some damage and injuries.
Russia's response included air defense interceptions of Ukrainian drones. In one Ukrainian drone strike, a plant producing missile components for Russia was hit in Arzamas, causing damage to the military-industrial complex.
This drone conflict around the August 7 period reflects a high volume of drone strikes launched daily by both Russia and Ukraine. While Ukraine intercepted most of the Russian drones targeting its infrastructure, it also actively targets Russian military-industrial facilities and infrastructure deep inside Russian territory.
- The ongoing war-and-conflicts between Ukraine and Russia have escalated to include politics and general news, with both countries engaging in drone attacks on each other's territories and infrastructures.
- The continuous war-and-conflicts between Russia and Ukraine have extended beyond their borders, with politics and general news involving drone attacks and retaliations on military-industrial facilities, such as the recent strike by Ukraine on a Russian oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai.
