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Ukraine Repels 371-Round Russian Drone and Missile Assault

Kyiv’s forces continue to target Russian airfields with precision drone strikes to degrade Moscow’s aerial assets.

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A view shows an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on June 28, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS
A Russian drone attacks a building during Russia's massive missile and drone air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Overview

  • Russia launched 371 drones and missiles in a single overnight wave, including 363 Shahed-type UAVs, two Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missiles and six Kalibr cruise missiles.
  • Ukraine’s aviation units, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare teams and unmanned systems troops neutralized 365 of the incoming aerial targets.
  • Russian strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region killed four civilians and injured 17, and a drone strike on Odesa’s high-rise killed a married couple and wounded 14, including three children.
  • Ukrainian long-range drones destroyed two Su-34 fighter jets and damaged two others at the Marinovka airfield in Volgograd Oblast.
  • Kyiv’s Security Service reported that drones struck Crimea’s Kirovske airfield, destroying three Russian helicopters and a Pantsir-S1 air defense system as peace talks remain stalled.