New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- BELGOROD - Four civilians were killed and 17 others wounded across Russia's Belgorod region in a 24-hour period that saw 94 Ukrainian attacks strike 14 districts, regional Governor Alexander Shuvayev said Sunday. One of those killed was a child; TASS reported a teenage girl died in one of the drone strikes, with two more children among the 17 wounded. Russian air defense systems intercepted 159 Ukrainian drones during the same window, a figure that reflects both the scale of the campaign and the limits of what interception can prevent when attack volumes are this high.

interception resources optimized for one threat type cannot simultaneously address all others, and Ukrainian operations that mix platforms force defen...