Russian air defense units intercepted 13 drones flying towards Moscow in under two hours, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported at around 1:46 a.m. local time on July 19.

Russia struck Odesa with Shahed attack drones. The strike damaged infrastructure, reports Oleh Kiper, Head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration. Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa July 19, damage reported "Despite active air defense efforts,

Ukraine’s military commander in charge of the country’s drone warfare program urged the US and NATO countries alike on Wednesday to learn from Kyiv’s use of the technology on the battlefield so in the future there are not “hard questions from your children [about] when [their] father will come back.