Nato Jets Scrambled Amid Russia's Largest Drone Attack On Ukraine

NATO jets were scrambled overnight arsenic Russia carried retired its largest drone onslaught yet connected Ukraine, launching much than 700 drones, officials said. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said nan "new monolithic Russian onslaught connected our cities" progressive "728 drones of various types, including complete 300 Shaheds, and 13 missiles – Kinzhals and Iskanders. 

"Most of nan targets were changeable down. Our interceptor drones were utilized -- dozens of force targets were downed, and we are scaling up this technology. Mobile occurrence groups were besides progressive – they downed dozens arsenic well. I convey each our warriors for their precision," he added. 

Ukraine’s Air Force said nan battle chiefly targeted nan northwestern metropolis of Lutsk and according to preliminary data, "air defenses neutralized 718 force aerial onslaught vehicles, 303 were changeable down by fire, 415 were mislaid successful location." 

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Firefighters put retired nan occurrence pursuing a Russian onslaught successful Kyiv region, Ukraine, connected Wednesday, July 9, 2025.  (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

As nan onslaught was unfolding, nan subject of Poland – which borders Ukraine -- said "Ukraine, Polish and allied aviation has begun operating successful our airspace." 

"In accordance pinch applicable procedures, each disposable forces and resources astatine nan disposal of nan Operational Commander of nan Polish Armed Forces person been activated, work combatant pairs person been scrambled, and ground-based aerial defense and radar reconnaissance systems person reached nan highest authorities of readiness," it wrote connected X. "The measures taken are aimed astatine ensuring information successful areas bordering nan threatened regions." 

It later added that "Due to nan reduced level of threat from rocket strikes by Russian aviation connected Ukrainian territory, nan operations of Polish and allied aviation successful Polish airspace person been concluded, and nan activated forces and resources person returned to modular operational activities." 

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Polish servicemen coming F-16 combatant jets successful Warsaw, Poland during a subject parade connected Polish Army Day connected Aug. 15, 2024. The parade was to observe Poland's Armed Forces Day, and its 25th twelvemonth arsenic a personnel of NATO.  (Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy said harm besides was reported successful nan Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv regions. 

"This is simply a telling onslaught – and it comes precisely astatine a clip erstwhile truthful galore efforts person been made to execute peace, to found a ceasefire, and yet only Russia continues to rebuff them all. This is yet different impervious of nan request for sanctions – biting sanctions against oil, which has been fueling Moscow’s warfare instrumentality pinch money for complete 3 years of nan war," Zelenskyy wrote connected X. 

Russian soldiers occurrence from D-30 howitzer towards Ukrainian positions successful an undisclosed location successful Ukraine connected Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

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"Secondary sanctions connected those who bargain this lipid and thereby sponsor killings. Our partners cognize really to use unit successful a measurement that will unit Russia to deliberation astir ending nan war, not launching caller strikes," he besides said. "Everyone who wants bid must act."