Overview
- Russian defense officials reported that air defenses destroyed 660 Ukrainian drones during the night of Thursday to Friday, June 25–26, with interceptions across more than a dozen regions including over Moscow and Crimea.
- Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin said at least 47 drones were intercepted en route to the capital and emergency teams worked where debris fell, while Tula authorities reported a damaged house and one injured person.
- Authorities in Crimea announced immediate service disruptions including power cuts, suspended fuel sales, and the cancellation of summer camps as local officials linked the outages to the strikes.
- Reporting places the barrage in a wider Ukrainian push to hit Russian energy and logistics points to squeeze revenue and isolate Crimea, and notes a separate strike last week that sparked a large refinery fire southeast of Moscow.
- Analysts warn the strikes could shift the initiative but stress major unknowns: whether Ukraine can keep up drone production, whether Russia can restore effective air defenses, and that independent verification of some Russian claims remains limited.