Published on
09/06/2025 – 12:40 GMT+2
In but any other huge in a single day assault, Russia released a complete of 499 drones and missiles at Ukraine on Monday.
According to the legit remark by way of Ukraine’s Air Defence forces, 479 of them had been downed.
In a document wave of moves, Moscow released 479 Shahed‑variety assault drones and more than a few decoy UAVs, 4 Kh‑47M2 “Kinzhal” air-launched ballistic missiles, 10 Kh‑101 cruise missiles, 3 Kh‑22 cruise missiles, two Kh‑31P anti‑radar missiles and one Kh‑35 cruise missile.
Ukraine reportedly neutralised 479 of the incoming objectives, capturing down 292 and jamming 187 by the use of digital struggle.
Head of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Air Force Command Colonel Yurii Ihnat mentioned the Russian assault in a single day basically centered one among Ukraine’s operational airfields.
Ukraine’s Air Force issued aerial indicators all over the in a single day on Monday, caution more than one areas of the specter of ballistic missiles and Shahed-type assault drones.
In the night deal with on Sunday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy additionally instructed Ukrainians to concentrate on air raid warnings within the coming days.
He stated Kyiv continues to paintings on strengthening Ukraine’s air defence. “We urgently need positive signals from the United States regarding air defence systems — we are still waiting for a response to our request to purchase systems that can help.”
Apart from Kyiv, Russia’s newest assaults have in particular centered western Ukraine. At least one individual was once reported injured within the town of Rivne in northwestern Ukraine, close to the border with Belarus.
The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces stated it scrambled fighter jets based on the Russian aerial assaults in western Ukraine.
