Poland scrambles jets amid Russian missile raid against Ukraine
In Poland, fighter jets were scrambled Sunday morning to protect the country’s airspace in the wake of Russian missile attacks against neighboring Ukraine.
29 June 2025
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.
Russian forces launched 114 missiles, more than 1,270 drones, and nearly 1,100 guided aerial bombs across Ukraine in just one week.
A large fire broke out at an industrial infrastructure site in the Lviv region following a nighttime drone and missile attack by Russian forces. Parts of the city of Drohobych were left without electricity as a result of the strike.
A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet was damaged while repelling a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack overnight, 1st class pilot Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Ustymenko was killed.
Ukrainian air defense forces neutralized 475 out of 537 Russian drones and missiles launched during the night and early morning of June 29.
On June 28, a total of 170 combat clashes were recorded between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders along the front lines.
In Smila, Cherkasy region, six people—including a child—were injured in a Russian missile and drone strike.
The Russians struck critical infrastructure in Lviv with drones and missiles, but no one was injured.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to June 29, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,018,940 people, including 1,220 in the past 24 hours.
Over the past day, Russian troops have launched 395 strikes on 13 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, injuring one person.
Soldiers from the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Shylka anti-aircraft gun with the help of drones.
28 June 2025
On June 28, Russian forces dropped explosives from a drone on a Proliska humanitarian mission bus in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed a strike on ammunition depots in Russia’s Bryansk region.
Russian troops launched a series of attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region, targeting the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts with FPV drones, artillery and glide bombs, wounding two civilians.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Kyiv to discuss enhanced support for Ukrainian air defense and further sanctions against Russia.
On June 28, attack drones of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) attacked military facilities in Bryansk.
An air target that was shot down on the approach to the city of Dnipro in Ukraine had likely been launched by a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber from the airspace over the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region.
On the night of June 28, the Security Service of Ukraine attacked the Kirovske airbase in the temporarily occupied Crimea, employing drones that effectively destroyed three attack helicopters (Mi-8, Mi-26, and Mi-28), and a Pantsir-S1 self-propelled anti-aircraft system.
Ukrainian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed a Russian Grom-1 missile—a hybrid between a guided missile and a glide bomb—in the suburbs of Dnipro.
I don’t believe in negotiations. The war will restart if we stop
On June 27, a total of 153 combat engagements were recorded between Ukraines’ Defense Forces and Russian invaders.
As of Saturday morning, no Russian naval vessels have been spotted in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Russia’s war casualty toll since the large-scale invasion is estimated at 1,017,720, including a thousand killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours.
Despite all the sanctions imposed against the aggressor state, Western countries still continue to supply Russia with equipment that helps it produce weapons.
27 June 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that, in addition to sanctions against Russia, international partners should include the latest technologies in their export control priorities. These are AI technologies that the aggressor state employs in the war effort against Ukraine.
On the night of June 27, Ukraine’s Defense Forces of Ukraine attacked the Marinovka airbase in Russia’s Volgograd region, hitting several targets at the location.
President Volodymyr Zelensky reported progress in cooperation with partners to introduce sanctions against the Russian shadow fleet. At the same time, he calls for sanctions targeting captains of tankers transporting Russian oil.
Each Russian Kh-101 missile may contain up to 250 electronic components of foreign production, and each attack UAV – up to 400 such parts.
Since February 2022, Ukraine has applied over 15,000 sanctions against the Russian Federation. Over 3,000 targeted entities are part of the Russian military-industrial complex.