Russia struck Odesa with Shahed attack drones. The strike damaged infrastructure, reports Oleh Kiper, Head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration. Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa July 19, damage reported "Despite active air defense efforts,

Russia has repeatedly shattered its own records for aerial assaults on Ukraine this summer, culminating in a peak attack on July 9 with the launch of 728 Shahed-type drones. Throughout the war, Russia steadily expanded the reach and intensity of its strikes on Ukrainian cities,

They're cheap, they're deadly and they're among the main reasons Ukraine believes it can hold out against advancing Russian forces this year and even beyond, according to a dozen Ukrainian commanders,