Charles Means
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first heard Jul 2025
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Charles Means’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Russia's defense ministry said its forces intercepted more than 650 drones without providing details on damage or injuries.
But Ukraine claimed to strike a chemical plant to the south of Moscow, and the Kremlin-backed authorities in occupied Crimea declared a state of emergency.
Ukraine has increasingly used long-range drones to target Russian defense and energy infrastructure, resulting fuel shortages across Russia have forced local governors to impose restrictions on the sale of gas, or in the case of Crimea, a flat-out ban.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
It was the largest and most destructive hit on the capital since Russia launched its mass invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago.
Yet Putin didn't address the issue directly.
Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow.
The attack occurred in the Russian city of Voronezh, some 400 miles from the Ukrainian border.
Local governors said the deaths occurred after drones struck what he called an industrial enterprise.
Ukraine's defense ministry said the target was a plant producing electronics for missile guidance systems.
That sparked a fuel crisis in a growing number of Russian regions.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
At least one of the reported deaths occurred when drones attacked a ferry boat crossing from the Russian mainland.
Instead, he announced gas stations would suspend all sales of petrol, with only key state agencies accepted, the result of months of Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure and supply lines running into the peninsula.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky confirmed the latest attack and said his forces hit military and energy targets.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
The one reported fatality, an eight-year-old girl, came when a drone struck an apartment high-rise nearby.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
The one reported fatality, an eight-year-old girl, came when a drone struck an apartment high-rise nearby.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has yet to comment directly on the attacks, yet his spokesman Dmitry Peskov praised the performance of the city's air defenses, saying they'd been robust, despite complaints from city residents of no official warning as the drones approached.
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