Ukraine fires 400 drones toward Moscow as Zelensky grapples with protests 41%

By Associated Press60%

7/20/2026, 12:13:50 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Framing Effect, and Unattributed Quote, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 25.2% saturation with 99 hits. Analysis detected 667 faulty-reasoning hits from 393 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 46% and a BS Rank of 41% (11,263 of 18,849 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 59.80% of the article peer group.

Ukraine fired more than 400 drones toward Moscow in its latest major attack on the Russian capital, the city’s mayor said Monday. 
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’s more than 4-year-old all-out invasion appear a distant possibility. 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, said he would hold “key talks” on Monday as he tries 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 over how to fight the war. 
Days of street protests in favor of Fedorov and against Syrskyi followed Zelensky's decision. 
Russia uses ballistic missiles more frequently 
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’s forces have sought to take advantage of weaknesses in Ukraine’s air defenses. 
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. 
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. 
“Russian forces have launched more ballistic missiles against Ukraine thus far in July than Russia reportedly produces each month,” the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said late Sunday. 
“Russia 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,” it noted. 
A Russian strike on Pavlohrad in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region injured 13 people, military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha said. 
Eleven people were hospitalized, including a 13-year-old girl, he said. 
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday that its forces struck fuel tanks in the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa overnight. 
Russia fired two missiles and 94 long-range strike drones at the territory of Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine’s air force. 
It said air defenses jammed or intercepted 81 drones, while nine drones and a missile caused damage at nine locations. 
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