Overview

• Ukrainian forces and the SBU struck the Marinovka airfield in Volgograd overnight June 27–28, destroying two Su-34 fighter-bombers and damaging two more, Kyiv’s General Staff reported.
• Moscow’s defense ministry said its air defenses shot down 13 Ukrainian drones over the Volgograd region during the raid.
• In the early hours of June 28, Russian combat drones struck a residential high-rise in Odesa, killing at least two civilians and wounding six others, military administrator Oleh Kiper said.
• The Institute for the Study of War noted Russian forces advanced toward Pokrovsk on June 26–27 but have so far failed to secure decisive gains despite massed troop deployments.
• Ukraine’s growing ability to conduct deep strikes on Russian air bases is challenging Moscow’s tactical air power and signaling a potential shift in the conflict’s operational balance.