Russia fires over 100 drones at Ukraine as Kremlin dismisses transport chief after travel chaos

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Updated 7:30 AM CDT, July 7, 2025

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired more than 100 drones at civilian areas of Ukraine overnight, authorities said Monday, as the Kremlin dismissed its transportation chief after a weekend of travel chaos when airports grounded hundreds of flights during the busy vacation season due to the threat of attacks from Kyiv.

At least 10 civilians were killed and 38 injured, including three children, in Russian attacks over the previous 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said.

Russia recently has intensified its airstrikes on civilian areas after more than three years of war. In the past week, Russia launched some 1,270 drones, 39 missiles and almost 1,000 powerful glide bombs at Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday.

Russia’s bigger army is also trying hard to break through at some points along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620 miles) front line, where Ukrainian forces are severely stretched.



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[relayerbob]

1. Said Defense Minister has apparently killed himself

This time with a ceremonial firearm, rather than falling out of a window.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Former Russian transport minister found dead hours after being sacked by Putin

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Former Russian transport minister found dead hours after being sacked by Putin

A Kremlin spokesperson announced that Starovoit had been replaced by Andrei Nikitin, a former governor of the Novgorod region


Bryony Gooch
Monday 07 July 2025 10:31 EDT




Russian former transport minister Roman Starovoit has been found dead hours after he was fired unexpectedly by Vladimir Putin.

"Today, the body of the former Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, Roman Starovoit, was found with a gunshot wound in his personal car," Russia's investigative committee said in a statement.

The committee implied that Starovoit took his own life news which comes hours after Putin fired Starovoit in an unexpected move as Russia’s transport sector faces challenges. Russia's aviation sector is short of spare parts and Russian Railways, the country's largest employer, has grappled with soaring interest costs as high rates - needed to curb higher inflation exacerbated by the war - take their toll.

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https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-trump-putin-drones-russian-losses-latest-b2783799.html

[eggplant]

5. Damn, my money was on polonium tea.

[maxsolomon]

3. The bombing campaign is terrorism.

Ukraine is really suffering, stretched thin, and MFer DGAF.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Drones aren't fired. They are flown. "flies" has same number of letters as "fires" (headline writers count). . . .nt