Their Night of Air-Defence was a record night.

Reference to Times of India. On Friday, the Russian Defence Ministry announced that its air-defense troops had shot down 221 Ukrainian drones last night. This number is one of the highest since the beginning of the war in 2022. Russian air-defense forces shot down more than half of the drones over the Bryansk and Smolensk regions, both bordering Ukraine. They destroyed 28 drones in the skies near Leningrad, around the St. Petersburg area, and downed 9 more within Moscow’s airspace

Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant: A Near Miss.

Although Russian forces intercepted most of the drones, one managed to strike a building at the Smolensk nuclear power station in western Russia. Security teams quickly neutralized the drone before it could damage any critical infrastructure.. Subsidiary of Rosatom reported that there were no injuries or structural damage.

Russian Port of Primorsk: Fire, No Spill.

Leningrad Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko reported that a fire broke out on a ship docked at the Port of Primorsk, one of the major oil terminals on the Baltic Sea.

Firefighters managed to put the fire at bay. According to the government, the incident was not a threat of an oil spill.

Russia has been the continued target of Ukraine in its energy sector.

The Kyiv authorities have not made any statements related to the recent wave of drone attacks, and Ukrainian authorities justify numerous times the attacks on Russian refineries and infrastructure.

Domestic Fuel Crisis Prices, wages and inflation.

The rising drone attacks have over-spilled into the domestic fuel market of Russia. IDrone attacks have hit key refineries in Samara, Ryazan, Volgograd, Saratov, and Krasnodar, leading to fuel shortages in regions such as the Far East and Crimea.

Artem, a 56 years old resident, said: *The prices have increased significantly since the onset of the summer. An additional 200 or 300 rubles each month is a big difference to ordinary citizens, who may struggle to make both ends meet (Gore, 2014).

The next step taken by the Kremlin is the prohibition of exporting petrol.

The Kremlin has also extended a ban on petrol exports to strengthen its domestic supply. Although Western sanctions have not brought down the Russian economy directly, the energy crisis shows the accumulating price of the war both on front lines and on ordinary citizens at home.

Russia’s air-defense forces shot down 221 Ukrainian drones — the highest number ever recorded. Ukrainian attacks struck targets ranging from nuclear plants to vital oil ports, aiming to cripple Russia’s energy lifelines and drain its war funds. Meanwhile, Russians are facing the impact at home, with rising fuel prices, low wages, and soaring inflation deepening the economic strain.

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