Air defense forces shot down 198 drones, 145 drone simulators vanish from radar
Air defense forces shot down 198 out of 400 Russian drones.
16 July 2025
Air defense forces shot down 198 out of 400 Russian drones.
On the frontline yesterday, July 15, there were 171 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to July 16, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to about 1,037,460 people, of whom 1,170 were lost in the past day.
As a result of a combined enemy attack on Kryvyi Rih, a 17-year-old boy was wounded, an industrial enterprise was destroyed, and part of the city was left without electricity.
In Vinnytsia, as a result of a massive air attack, several hits on civilian infrastructure facilities were recorded, and residential buildings were damaged in communities in the region.
Powerful explosions were heard in Vinnytsia during an attack by enemy drones.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a 27-year-old resident of Lviv who, acting on orders from Russian intelligence, was preparing to detonate an explosive device in an apartment block in central Rivne.
On July 15, there were 148 clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian invaders on the front line. The Pokrovsk direction remains the hottest, where the enemy attempted to advance 41 times.
As a result of a massive attack by Russian drones in one of the districts of Kharkiv, a fire broke out at a civilian enterprise, and there are casualties.
15 July 2025
Explosions were heard in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, and Kharkiv—the cities were attacked by enemy drones.
On July 15, Russian invaders struck civilian infrastructure in three territorial communities in the Sumy Region, killing one person.
On July 15, the villages of Prykolotne and Kupiansk in the Kharkiv Region were hit by Russian strikes, killing two people and injuring two others.
14 July 2025
A Russian strike on the town of Zlatopil in the Kharkiv region has killed a 57-year-old woman and injured her 13-year-old daughter, along with nine others.
In Kherson, Russian forces targeted a public transport stop in the Dniprovskyi district using a drone, injuring two men. Later, Russian troops shelled the city with artillery, striking a 71-year-old man who was also at a bus stop in the city center.
Russian troops have launched a third drone attack on Sumy, this time striking a medical facility and injuring one person.
Russian troops launched an airstrike on the village of Borivske in the Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, killing one woman and injuring four others.
Russian forces used a Shahed-type drone to strike an educational institution in the Sumy community, with casualties reported.
Kharkiv and nine other settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian attack for 24 hours, with three people injured.
Over the past day, July 13, there were 212 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops.
Soldiers of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade “Magura” of Ukraine’s Ground Forces used a ground robotic system (GRS) to deliver ammunition to frontline positions, evacuate a fallen comrade, and extract a wounded soldier.
One of Kharkiv’s districts came under attack by a Russian drone, which struck a roadway. According to preliminary information, there are no reported casualties.
13 July 2025
In the village of Karaichne, Kharkiv Region, Russian forces carried out a drone strike on a field during the harvest, injuring a man.
Regulatory, financial, and personnel changes will be implemented in Ukraine to scale up weapons production and increase the country’s defense self-sufficiency.
In the Kharkiv Region, within the territory of the Kupiansk territorial community, a Russian drone struck a police vehicle.
Air defense forces destroyed 40 of the 60 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine since the evening of July 12.
In the Kharkiv region, about 30,000 subscribers remain without electricity due to bad weather.
On July 12, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 200 combat clashes with Russian troops along the front lines. On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled 61 enemy assault and offensive actions.
12 July 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russians, applying terrorist tactics of concentrated strikes on specific cities, aim to maintain such attacks at a level of about 300 Shahed-type drones.
Russian forces carried out strikes on the city of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv Region on 12 July, injuring four people.
On the night of July 12, cities across Ukraine came under Russian attack, with 26 cruise missiles and 597 drones launched.