July marked a high-water mark for Russian drone attacks on Ukraine. Data published by the Ukrainian air force and analyzed by ABC News recorded a total of 6,245 attack and decoy drones launched into the country over the past month at an average rate of around 201 per day.

Ukraine has occasionally targeted the Russian capital, but has doubled down on drone strikes on Moscow in recent days.

She said fellow fighters contacted her to say he had been killed in a Russian drone attack in the Kharkiv region by adding "it doesn't feel real" and she was "in limbo" waiting for official confirmation of his death.

At least three civilians were killed on Saturday in Russia's Belgorod region following Ukrainian drone attacks, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. Two others were injured, he said.

Ukraine escalated its recent cross-border offensive against Russia with a “massive” drone attack on Friday. Igor Artamonov, governor of the Lipetsk region, said it had “been subjected to a massive UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) attack”,