New Delhi, June 7 -- The number was lower than the hundreds claimed during the St. Petersburg summit week, but the geographic spread told a different story. Russian air defense forces shot down 95 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones between Saturday evening and Sunday morning across 13 Russian regions, the Black Sea, and occupied Crimea, the Defense Ministry said on June 7 - a haul that, in most weeks of this conflict, would qualify as a significant overnight attack.

the standard omission in Russian Defense Ministry overnight bulletins.

What stands out is the breadth. Yaroslavl, nearly 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, and the Moscow Region both appeared in the ministry's list - an indication that Ukrainian drone operations have continu...