Ukraine launched 400 drones at Moscow overnight, wounding two people and setting buildings on fire, Russian officials reported via Reuters. This came just a day after Russia unleashed one of its largest ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv since the full-scale war began. Kyiv has been ramping up strikes on Russian soil, calling it payback for over four years of bombardments on its own territory, as AFP noted.

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Ukraine's President Zelenskyy said he would hold "key talks" today to defuse a domestic political crisis after last week's government reshuffle exposed a deep split between the military's old guard and young innovators. He needs to reassure Ukrainians that sacrificing 35-year-old Mykhailo Fedorov as defence minister while keeping 60-year-old Soviet-trained General Oleksandr Syrskyi as armed forces chief won't derail the war effort amid street protests.

Ten people were reported injured in Ukraine's strikes on Moscow, according to Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyov. On Telegram, he said seven people - including three Chinese nationals - were wounded in a drone attack on Domodedovo, near one of Moscow's main airports. Domodedovo's mayor Yevgeniya Khrustaleva added that a fire broke out at a local industrial park and a residential building was hit.

Zelenskyy said Kyiv struck logistical facilities and an oil depot in the Russian capital region. "Our long-range sanctions have produced results against logistics facilities and an oil depot. … The targets were more than 400 kilometers from our border. Two shadow fleet tankers and four cargo ships were also struck in the Black Sea. We are responding, justly, to every Russian strike against our cities and communities."

Lithuania's defence minister, Robertas Kaunas, warned that Russia sees the Baltic countries and Poland as their "nearest targets" as they seek "a new escalation" amid the stalling war in Ukraine. Speaking to LRT, he said: "Since the war in Ukraine is not unfolding as Russia planned, they are unable to win, and today explosions are echoing within Russia itself… The Kremlin needs a new escalation, some kind of new win, and the Baltic region and Poland are the nearest target."

Russian strikes have killed 28 people in Ukraine's Odesa region in July, according to regional governor Oleh Kiper. Ten people died in a Russian strike on a merchant ship flying the flag of Guinea-Bissau near Odesa. The vessel was loaded with grain and had 17 crew members - citizens of Syria and India - plus a Ukrainian pilot. Eight crew were rescued; 10 people, including the pilot, died. Ukrainian drone forces have hit at least 118 Russian-linked vessels in the Sea of Azov and 54 in the Black Sea, effectively closing a major Russian commercial route. Kyiv aims to isolate Crimea.