Overview
- The Ukrainian Air Forces, which reported the attack overnight into Sept. 25, said Russian forces launched 295 strike drones and that air defenses shot down or suppressed 267 of them.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported heavy frontline fighting the day before, saying 185 combat engagements on Sept. 24 as Russian forces used missiles, aircraft and thousands of kamikaze drones across multiple directions.
- Russian strikes struck civilian and humanitarian targets: an ambulance base at Velykyi Burluk was destroyed in repeated Shahed strikes, a charity vehicle was hit in Zolochiv with no injuries reported, and strikes in Kherson injured four people and damaged homes and public buildings.
- Kherson prosecutors have opened a pretrial investigation into possible war crimes over the attacks on civilians and medical infrastructure, and Ukrainian officials and rights groups say repeated strikes on services and shelters may meet criteria for serious violations.
- Moldova and Romania recorded drones entering their airspace during the recent waves, prompting radar scrambles and local responses and underscoring the growing risk of cross-border spillover and added strain on regional air defenses.