Record-breaking Russian missile strikes devastated Ukrainian cities in July, establishing new wartime benchmarks for the frequency and scale of attacks and the destruction they inflicted.

Figures released by the Ukrainian air force and examined by ABC News point to fresh wartime records set by Russia, as the Ukrainian government steps up its efforts to address widely-reported shortcomings in its aerial defence network.

Russia fired a total of 381 missiles of all types into Ukraine in July, the air force confirmed, at a rate of just over 12 per day — setting a new wartime record for both the overall number and frequency of missiles launched against the country.

The figures also suggest that Russia is increasingly drawing on its missile stockpiles for its nightly — and occasionally daytime — strikes, which typically focus heavily on drones.

In July, the proportion of Russian missiles within the overall munitions count climbed to a record high of just over 7%, according to Ukrainian air force data.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, along with his senior officials and military commanders, have been unequivocal about Kyiv’s difficulties in intercepting Russian missiles, particularly ballistic ones.

These weapons travel at tremendous speeds and strike at trajectories that make them considerably harder to shoot down.

The Ukrainian air force reported a Russian missile failure rate in July of approximately 58%, encompassing munitions that were intercepted, suppressed or failed to reach their intended targets.

For ballistic missiles, including Russia’s Iskander-M and S-400 systems, which the Ukrainian air force frequently combines in its post-strike assessments, the failure rate stood at approximately 28%.

The Ukrainian air force releases daily figures of Russian drone and missile attacks, including details about how many weapons were intercepted and how many breached air defences.

The air force incorporates a broad spectrum of missile variants in that tally, and occasionally even includes the budget “Banderol” cruise missile.

Moscow, by contrast, only releases the number of Ukrainian drones and other projectiles it claims to have shot down.

Neither side offers comprehensive data on the quantity of munitions deployed in their own strikes, but both Kyiv and Moscow regularly describe their targets – which encompass military, energy and industrial facilities.

They’ve also both accused the other of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure and sites.