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Ukraine fired more than 400 drones toward Moscow in its latest major attack on the Russian capital, the city\u2019s mayor said Monday.<\/p>\n

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The blitz came hours after Russia bombarded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles in a relentless cycle of tit-for-tat strikes that make a settlement to end Moscow\u2019s more than 4-year-old all-out invasion appear a distant possibility.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, said he would hold \u201ckey talks\u201d on Monday as he tries to defuse a domestic political crisis, after last week\u2019s government reshuffle exposed a deep split between the military\u2019s old guard and young innovators over how to fight the war.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy needs to reassure Ukrainians that sacrificing 35-year-old Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister and keeping faith with 60-year-old Soviet-trained Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as armed forces chief won\u2019t derail the fight against Russia.<\/p>\n

Days of street protests in favor of Fedorov and against Syrskyi followed Zelenskyy\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

Ukraine hits another Russian oil depot<\/h3>\n

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that over 400 Ukrainian drones were sent toward the Russian capital from late Sunday until early Monday. He said most were downed far from the capital and 85 were intercepted near Moscow.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The attack started a fire at the Yuzhnye Vrata industrial park, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Moscow, according to Yevgeniya Khrustaleva, the head of the Domodedovo area of the Moscow region.<\/p>\n

The Astra news outlet reported that the assault also caused a fire at an oil depot in Podolsk, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Moscow but there was no official confirmation of the strike.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian forces struck logistics facilities and an oil depot in the Moscow region, more than 400 kilometers (250 miles) from Ukraine\u2019s border, Zelenskyy said. He also said Ukrainian forces hit two vessels belonging to Russia\u2019s so-called shadow fleet transporting sanctioned oil and four dry cargo ships in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n

It was not possible to independently verify either side\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s long-range drone technology has swiftly evolved during the war, posing a problem for Russia, whose huge land mass is hard to fully protect. Kyiv\u2019s forces have aimed especially at Russian oil facilities, causing fuel shortages and embarrassing Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

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In May, the Russian Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 1,054 Ukrainian drones in a 24-hour period.<\/p>\n

Russia uses ballistic missiles more frequently<\/h3>\n

As Kyiv pleads with foreign partners to supply it with sophisticated interceptors that can counter Russian ballistic missiles, which are much harder to stop than drones or cruise missiles, Moscow\u2019s forces have sought to take advantage of weaknesses in Ukraine\u2019s air defenses.<\/p>\n

Ballistic missiles fly faster than the speed of sound and can reach Kyiv in minutes, giving air defenses little time to react and civilians to reach shelter.<\/p>\n

Russia has in recent weeks stepped up its use of ballistic missiles, and on Sunday used them in a bombardment that Ukrainian officials said killed at least six people and wounded dozens.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussian forces have launched more ballistic missiles against Ukraine thus far in July than Russia reportedly produces each month,\u201d the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said late Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia appears to be dipping into its stockpiles to continue increasing the number of ballistic missiles it launches against Ukraine, as these missiles have a higher success rate than drones and cruise missiles,\u201d it noted.<\/p>\n

A Russian strike on Pavlohrad in Ukraine\u2019s central Dnipropetrovsk region injured 13 people, military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha said. Eleven people were hospitalized, including a 13-year-old girl, he said.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry said Monday that its forces struck fuel tanks in the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa overnight.<\/p>\n

Russia fired two missiles and 94 long-range strike drones at the territory of Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine\u2019s air force. It said air defenses jammed or intercepted 81 drones, while nine drones and a missile caused damage at nine locations.<\/p>\n

Read more Iran\u2019s chief negotiator chastises U.S. for moving new military equipment to the region<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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