Russian forces deployed approximately 1,450 strike drones, more than 1,640 guided aerial bombs, and 99 missiles of various types against Ukrainian territory over the past week, according to a statement by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, July 19. The sustained week-long campaign of aerial assaults targeted infrastructure and civilian areas across 14 Ukrainian regions, resulting in casualties and structural damage in Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Cherkasy.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Following the release of the weekly statistics, Zelensky stated that defense against ballistic systems remains Ukraine’s primary operational priority. He emphasized the daily requirement for anti-ballistic interceptors and stated that delays in international decision-making provide Moscow with opportunities to plan further strikes and circumvent existing sanctions. Unprecedented ballistic barrage on Kyiv The week of intense aerial activity culminated in a massive attack on Sunday, July 19. According to the presidential update, Russian forces launched over 40 missiles of various types, predominantly targeting Kyiv, alongside a nationwide wave of 120 strike drones. According to Ukrainian Air Force, the attack on the capital involved 41 ballistic missiles – including Iskander-M, Zircon, and S-400 types – fired over a 40-minute period. This marks the highest number of ballistic missiles utilized in a single attack against Kyiv since the onset of the full-scale war.