Ukraine war: Moscow foils drone strike, Kyiv claims frontline success, UK MoD email slip up

Russia intercepted a Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region on Friday, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. 

The unmanned aerial vehicle caused no casualties or damage to buildings, it said, though the exact location of the strike remains unclear. 

The Russian capital and wider region, located more than 500 km from Ukraine's border, have previously been targetted by drones, including one that hit the Kremlin in May. 

Back then, the US-based Insitute for the Study of War claimed Russia itself was behind the incident, calling it an attempt to "set the conditions for a wider societal mobilisation". 

On 4 July, five drones were shot down over the Moscow region, according to Russia. The attack disrupted one of the capital's three major international airports, Vnukovo. 

Ukraine's army has retaken a village from Russian troops in the south, its deputy defence minister Ganna Maliar announced. 

"Staromayorské in the Donetsk region has been liberated. Our defenders are currently carrying out mopping up operations," she wrote on Telegram. 

This is one of the first tangible results of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in this sector since June, with Kyiv's soldiers stepping up their efforts in recent days. 

Kyiv previously liberated villages on the Vremivka salient, a difficult area for Russia to defend as it is several kilometres from their mainline of defence. 

“Our South, our guys, glory to Ukraine!," wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram, releasing a video showing soldiers with a Ukrainian flag near a wall riddled with shrapnel in Staromayorské.

Furnished with Western equipment and training, Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in early June to dislodge Russian forces from its territory. 

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