Russian said over 230 Ukrainian drones were shot down since July 19’s morning, the report said, adding that around 27 were downed in Moscow

In an interview yesterday with the New York Post, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky floated a new pending “mega-deal” with U.S. President Donald Trump to sell Ukrainian drones to the American military.

Shahed-style drones are deadly systems that Russia has been using to strike Ukrainian cities for nearly three years.

Chaos also engulfed four of the capital’s airports – Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovskiy – with as many as 134 flights having to be redirected. By 10am local time, only two remained closed to air traffic – Vnukovo in the Moscow region and Grabtsevo in the Kaluga region.

The US and Ukraine are discussing a “mega deal” for Washington to purchase battle-tested drones from eastern Europe in exchange for American heavy weaponry.

Ukraine's Brave1 hopes all of its infantry will eventually carry its new anti-drone rifle rounds, designed to fire from NATO-issued rifles.

Ukraine's Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal has met with First Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov to discuss scaling up technologies that support the front line and air defence. Source: Shmyhal on Facebook Quote from Shmyhal: "The focus is on scaling technologies that have proved their effectiveness on the battlefield,

Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west.