**Ukrainian Drones Attack Russia for 5th Night in a Row**
A fire broke out at a train station in the village of Kamenolomni in Rostov Oblast overnight on July 21, as Moscow faced drones for the fifth straight night. According to Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, three people were evacuated from the dispatch point, but preliminary data indicates that no one was injured.
The fire is believed to have been caused by drone debris falling onto the roof of the railway station buildings. A nearby flower shop also caught on fire, reported Governor Yuri Slyusar. The incident occurred just a few kilometers away from Russia’s border with Ukraine.
This latest attack comes as part of a strategic shift in Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russia, according to Serhii Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Defense Army’s Southern Division. “Moscow is the biggest aviation hub in the Russian Federation – flights go everywhere, not only across Russia, but worldwide,” he explained.
“This is about the potential disintegration of Russian regions and the weakening of internal control.”
Ukraine has had remarkable success using drones to attack Russian targets. In June, Ukraine launched a game-changing drone attack on four key Russian military airfields, damaging 41 planes, including heavy bombers and rare A-50 spy planes.
In addition to this, overnight on July 20, a fire broke out in Moscow Oblast as Ukraine reportedly launched a drone attack targeting the Russian capital. Two drones attacking Moscow were shot down by air defense, Sobyanin reported.
The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify these claims.
Moscow’s Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports have temporary flight restrictions imposed amid the drone attack, according to a spokesperson for Russia’s state aviation agency Rosaviatsia.
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