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17 June 2025
On June 16, Ukrainian forces engaged in 186 combat clashes with Russian invaders, according to a Facebook update from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia’s invasion forces have suffered an estimated 1,006,120 casualties since the large-scale invasion, including 1,060 killed or wounded in action over the past 24 hours.
Fourteen people died in Kyiv as a result of a Russian combined missile and drone attack, while 40 were injured.
Kyiv region was subjected to a Russian missile attack overnight Tuesday, which caused casualties, left homes damaged, and resulted in several fires.
At dawn, the Russians massively attacked Odesa with drones, leaving infrastructure facilities damaged and causing casualties.
Russia pummeled Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with attack drones and missiles overnight Tuesday, June 17, leaving at least 18 civilians injured.
In Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukrainian partisans have scouted the system of boom barriers installed in Sevastopol Bay.
Europe is currently compensating to a significant extent for the reduction in aid to Ukraine from the United States, with Scandinavian countries and the United Kingdom emerging as leading contributors.
As part of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine), 30,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel have completed training in Poland.
16 June 2025
Fighters from the Hart brigade of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service have destroyed two Russian long-range visual surveillance systems Murom-M, two vehicles, and a communications antenna in the Vovchansk sector.
Russian troops are attempting to break through toward Kostiantynivka from the Pokrovsk direction, specifically along the Pokrovsk-Kostyantynivka highway, aiming to advance further. Intense fighting is currently ongoing in the area.
Russian forces launched an airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, injuring two people.
Ukraine calls for the creation of new instruments to implement the Geneva Protocol on the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, amid violations being committed by the Russian Federation.
During the latest repatriation, the Russians handed over to the Ukrainian side the bodies of their own soldiers, mixed in with the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen.
The Israeli Air Force has destroyed 120 of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers, effectively preventing the launch of nearly half the missiles the Islamic Republic had intended to fire at Israel overnight.
There is high activity of Russian invading forces observed in the Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, Lyman, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Toretsk, and Kramatorsk sectors of the front. This indicates a renewed enemy offensive that had been previously announced.
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, 207 Ukrainian artists and 106 Ukrainian and foreign media professionals have been killed in Ukraine.
Ukraine has received the remains of another 1,245 fallen individuals, marking the completion of the repatriation component of the Istanbul agreements with Russia.
Russian forces are suffering significant losses in the Sumy region, leading to a noticeable decrease in the activity of small infantry groups near the border.
Ukrainian border guards are closely monitoring the situation in Belarus, where joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises are set to take place. It is possible that the enemy could resort to provocations or demonstrative actions near the Ukrainian border during these drills.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces renamed the Kharkiv axis to South Slobozhanshchyna, adding the North Slobozhanshchyna axis to the daily war updates after the Russians intensified their offensive efforts in the border areas of Sumy region.
Two settlements in Kharkiv region came under Russian strikes in the past day, leaving three people injured.
Two people were injured in Kyiv as a result of an overnight attack by Russian drones.
Ukraine’s air defense forces have intercepted and destroyed 125 out of 138 drones launched by Russian forces in an evening assault starting on June 15.
Intense fighting continued on the frontline in Ukraine on June 15, with 175 combat clashes recorded between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops.
Overnight on June 16, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 18 Russian drones over Cherkasy region.
Seven people were injured in Kherson region over the past 24 hours as a result of continued Russian aggression.
Russia’s total combat losses in its full-scale war against Ukraine have reached approximately 1,005,060 personnel as of June 16, 2025. This includes 1,200 Russian troops killed in the past 24 hours alone.
As a result of an enemy attack, a fire broke out at one of the industrial enterprises in Zaporizhzhia. According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties.
As a result of an attack by Russian drones in Kyiv region, a 60-year-old man was injured. A private home and outbuildings were also damaged.