Overview

• The Ukrainian Air Force reported 477 drones and 60 missiles in the June 28–29 strike, marking the heaviest aerial assault since February 2022.
• Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Oustymenko was killed after destroying seven targets when Ukraine’s third Western-supplied F-16 was shot down.
• Ukrainian authorities said seven civilians were wounded across multiple regions, renewing Kyiv’s calls for advanced Western air-defense systems.
• President Zelensky signed a decree to begin Ukraine’s withdrawal from the 1997 Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines.
• Russian military spokespeople claimed new gains in Donetsk even as SVR chief Sergei Naryshkin and CIA Director John Ratcliffe resumed direct calls and modest Ukrainian advances were noted near Sumy and Chasiv Yar.