As part of efforts to reduce the Russians' ability to launch airstrikes, units of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, in cooperation with other components of the defence forces, struck the Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry in Russia's Moscow Oblast on 4 July.

At the same time, a Russian Shahed drone recovered in Kyiv contained a recently manufactured Chinese component, calling it an “irony.” “There is no better metaphor for how Putin continues to escalate his war and terror while involving others,

Russian forces have become adept at retooling Iranian kamikaze Shahed drones, making them more deadly and less vulnerable to Ukrainian defenses, according to Kyiv.