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29 June 2025
As 104 combat engagements were recorded along the frontlines on Sunday, Ukraine confirms its forces destroyed a Pantsir S1 air defense missile system and three helicopters in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Deputy Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, Pavlo Palisa, reflected on the results achieved at a number of international events that took place this week in terms of Ukraine’s defense.
The delegates to the Congress of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDPP) overwhelmingly rejected the resumption of natural gas supplies from Russia via the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.
Anti-personnel mines are a tool that very often has no alternative when a country’s armed forces are on a defensive.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal kicked off a working visit to Spain with a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to discuss strengthening defense cooperation, including the potential for joint production of drones, as well as the issue of Ukraine's reconstruction and European integration.
In the Siversk operational axis, Ukrainian forces captured two citizens of Cameroon who had been fighting on Russia’s side.
Ukrainian institutions have already begun to implement the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on aligning the sanctions imposed against Russia with those introduced by Europe.
Russian forces have once again targeted civilians in Kherson with a drone strike, injuring a 54-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman.
Ukraine has adhered to the provisions of the Ottawa Convention for 20 years. However, Russia’s large-scale use of anti-personnel mines—despite not being a signatory to the treaty—has created an asymmetric advantage on the battlefield.
The Russian government is reportedly preparing to introduce a complete ban on gasoline exports in response to surging fuel prices.
Russian forces injured a 45-year-old man in Kherson in a drone strike. He suffered shrapnel wounds to his face, torso, arms, and legs.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree enacting the decision of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention.
Russian forces shelled a residential neighborhood in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, killing a 54-year-old man and wounding another.
Since the start of the day, a total of 56 combat clashes have been recorded between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders. Fighting remains active in nine sectors, with the heaviest enemy activity reported in the Pokrovsk sector and increased intensity observed in the Lyman sector.
The number of people injured in the Russian missile and drone attack on Smila, Cherkasy region, on the night of June 29 has risen to 11, including two children. The strike involved three missiles and eight UAVs, all aimed at civilian infrastructure.
Russian invaders can strike Sumy from the Kursk region of the Russian Federation using certain types of weapons, in particular multiple launch rocket systems, but there is no question of bringing barrel artillery to the border of the Sumy region at this time.
Russia's lie about NATO expansion as the “reason” for its aggression against Ukraine does not stand up to scrutiny, especially when compared to the words of Russian leader Vladimir Putin himself from 2004.
A married couple was injured as a result of an attack by Russian drones in Lebedyn, Sumy region.
Soldiers from the Shamanbat special forces unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine ambushed and eliminated a group of Russian invaders who were heading for an assault on motorcycles, and captured some of them.
On June 29, Russian troops shelled the central district of Kherson, killing one man and injuring another.
Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi refuted the fake news that a “Shahed” had allegedly crashed in the city.
On Saturday, a street performance "Come Back Alive" was held in the center of Warsaw, in Castle Square in support of more than 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who are still in Russian captivity or are considered missing.
Russian drones attacked a community in the Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region, killing a local civilian.
On Saturday, a street performance "Come Back Alive" was held in the center of Warsaw, in Castle Square in support of more than 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who are still in Russian captivity or are considered missing.
The chief of the occupation administration of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, has decided to engage Chinese businesses in the construction of transport infrastructure in Crimea.
A significant shortage of labor is being observed in many sectors of Russian economy as the Kremlin pursues its war effort against Ukraine.
In Poltava region, a fire broke out at the premises of one of the enterprises as a result of a combined attack by Russia. The blaze has already been put out.
Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President, COO at the Bring Kids Back UA initiative Daria Zarivna called on the Philippines to join the international coalition for the return of Ukrainian children deported by Russia.
In Poland, fighter jets were scrambled Sunday morning to protect the country’s airspace in the wake of Russian missile attacks against neighboring Ukraine.
A family of three—including a 12-year-old child—was injured during a morning Russian attack on an apartment block in the frontline city of Lyman, Donetsk region.