Overview

• Over 500 drones and missiles were launched overnight on June 29–30, marking the heaviest air raid of the war
• Ukrainian air defenses intercepted the majority of threats but a penetrating strike downed an F-16 and caused civilian casualties
• President Zelensky signed a decree to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention to authorize the use of anti-personnel mines for frontline defense
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said the operation deployed hypersonic Kinzhal missiles and long-range precision weapons from air, sea and land platforms
• Ukrainian intelligence estimates Russia is producing nearly 200 Shahed drones daily and holds around 12,000 attack and decoy drones in reserve