There are not any shellings of Sumy with barrel artillery: Kovalenko reported on the scenario within the border space <p>Russian invaders haven’t pulled barrel artillery to Sumy area, the place energetic battles with Ukrainian forces are ongoing. The enemy's advance in Sumy area has been stopped, and its exercise within the border communities has considerably decreased.</p>
Sadovyi referred to as the falling of a “Shahed” drone within the middle of Lviv a faux<p>Info is spreading on-line {that a} UAV allegedly fell within the middle of Lviv. Andriy Sadovyi, the mayor of Lviv, emphasised that this info doesn’t correspond to actuality.</p>
The Russian Federation continues to make use of infantry teams throughout the Khotyn and Yunakivka communities, however their exercise has decreased – Demchenko<p>Russian occupiers use infantry teams within the Sumy area throughout the Khotyn and Yunakivka communities. Their exercise has considerably decreased, which hinders development deep into Ukrainian territory.</p>
Russia has misplaced round 1,018,940 troops in Ukraine for the reason that starting of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the Common Employees of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on June 29.
The quantity contains 1,220 casualties that Russian forces suffered simply over the previous day.
In line with the report, Russia has additionally misplaced 10,976 tanks, 22,915 armored preventing automobiles, 53,508 automobiles and gasoline tanks, 29,689 artillery techniques, 1,425 a number of launch rocket techniques, 1,189 air protection techniques, 420 airplanes, 337 helicopters, 42,624 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.
F-16 pilot Ustymenko's demise: President ordered to research all circumstances<p>President Zelenskyy ordered to make clear the main points of the demise of F-16 pilot Maksym Ustymenko, who destroyed seven aerial targets in the course of the assault. The President additionally mentioned the necessity to strengthen Ukraine's air protection after large enemy strikes.</p>
Russia attacked the southern metropolis of Odesa in a single day on June 28, killing two individuals and injuring not less than 14 others, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported.
The drone assault hit a 21-story constructing, inflicting a fireplace on the seventh, eighth, and ninth flooring that left residents trapped of their residences. First responders rescued 5 individuals, together with a small baby.
Two individuals, a married couple, had been killed within the assault, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper reported. Emergency staff recovered their our bodies from the broken constructing.
A minimum of 14 different civilians had been injured, together with three kids. Each are receiving therapy in medical amenities, Kiper mentioned.
Ongoing air raid alarms all through the night time difficult rescue efforts, the State Emergency Service mentioned.
Odesa, a port metropolis on Ukraine's Black Coastline with a inhabitants of round 1 million, has been a frequent goal of Russian assaults because the full-scale invasion. An enormous Russian drone strike on June 20 killed one civilian and injured 14 others, together with three first responders.
Russian missile and drone assaults on Ukrainian cities have intensified dramatically in Might and June.
Russian forces misplaced over 1,200 troopers and 24 artillery methods in someday – Common Employees<p>On June 28, the Russian military misplaced 1,220 army personnel and 24 artillery methods. Because the starting of the full-scale invasion, the enemy's complete losses have exceeded 1 million personnel.</p>
Editor's Observe: This can be a growing story and is being up to date.
A big-scale Russian missile and drone assault terrorized Ukraine in a single day on June 29 as air raid alarms sounded throughout the nation, together with western areas removed from the entrance strains.
Russia's bombardments — a truth of life after three years of full-scale warfare — have intensified dramatically in Could and June, with mass assaults changing into extra frequent and extra lethal.
Ukraine's Air Drive warned late within the night on June 28 that Russia had launched three Tu-95 bombers from the Olenya navy airfield in Murmansk Oblast. The Air Drive additionally warned that a number of teams of Russian drones have been heading towards numerous areas.
A number of hours later, the Air Drive reported {that a} Russian MiG-31K — a jet able to carrying Kinzhal ballistic missiles — took off from Savasleyka airfield in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces stated it scrambled fighter jets and activated ground-based air protection models in response to the Russian aerial assaults in western Ukraine.
Explosions and strikes have been reported in Mikolaiv, Kremenchuk, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv as waves of assaults got here all through the night time. Some regional officers shared preliminary studies of harm and casualties whilst air protection continued to function within the space.
Civilian infrastructure was broken and at the least three individuals have been injured in assaults on Cherkasy Oblast, Governor Ihor Taburets reported.
In Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, an undisclosed enterprise was hit, inflicting a hearth, in accordance with Governor Volodymyr Kohut.
A manufacturing facility at an unnamed enterprise in Zaporizhzhia was hit throughout an in a single day missile assault, Governor Ivan Fedorov stated. No casualties have been reported.
The mass missile and drone assault comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin informed reporters that Moscow is able to maintain one other spherical of peace talks.
Ukrainian and Russian delegations have now held two direct talks in Istanbul, however the discussions have yielded few outcomes outdoors of coordinated prisoner swaps.
Moscow refuses to budge on its maximalist ambitions in Ukraine and is unwilling to enter a ceasefire until Kyiv preemptively agrees to give up all international navy assist. Putin on June 20 declared that "all Ukraine is ours" in a bombastic speech on the St. Petersburg Financial Discussion board.
Russian ballistics and kamikaze drones have focused Kyiv and different Ukrainian cities with renewed ferocity, killing dozens of civilians and injuring tons of extra. Simply this week, a Russian missile struck a passenger prepare in Dnipro, leaving 21 lifeless and over 300 wounded.
Enemy evening strike on Cherkasy area: three individuals injured<p>Because of the evening assault on Cherkasy area on June 29, a minimum of three individuals had been injured. Civilian infrastructure was broken, and all providers are working on the affect websites.</p>
Outgoing Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived in Kyiv to satisfy with President Volodymyr Zelensky as a part of a farewell gesture forward of his departure from workplace in August, Duda introduced on social media.
"President Duda has stood by Ukraine's facet throughout probably the most troublesome occasions of Russia's full-scale aggression," International Minister Andrii Sybiha mentioned on X on June 28, which can also be Ukraine's Structure Day.
"We’re grateful to him and all Poles who’ve proven true solidarity with Ukraine."
Upon his arrival, Duda joined Zelensky in a wreath-laying ceremony honoring fallen troopers at an occasion marking Ukraine’s Structure Day.
The 2 leaders mentioned the additional improvement of relations between Kyiv and Warsaw on the EU degree and in coordination with NATO companions.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, Polish President Andrzej Duda, First Girl Olena Zelenska, and Ukrainian officers are seen throughout an official occasion marking Ukraine’s Structure Day at Sofiyska Sq. in Kyiv on June 28, 2025. (Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram)
"In latest months, we’ve been implementing some pretty substantial Ukrainian-Polish agreements on protection cooperation," the Ukrainian president mentioned.
Zelensky additionally awarded Duda the Order of Freedom, considered one of Ukraine’s highest honors.
"Andrzej has been with Ukraine because the first days of the conflict, at all times facet by facet, a dependable ally and a real pal. That is undoubtedly the extent of relations we need to protect and strengthen with Poland," Zelensky mentioned.
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, Poland has emerged as considered one of Ukraine’s most dedicated allies, offering weapons, sheltering tens of millions of refugees, and rallying worldwide help.
Over time, the relations between the 2 international locations has confronted strains as a consequence of political disagreements, financial fatigue, and disputes over grain imports and historic grievances.
In early June, conservative historian Karol Nawrocki received the second spherical of the Polish presidential election with 50.89% of the vote.
He has beforehand voiced opposition to Ukraine's membership within the EU and NATO, regardless of supporting Ukraine's sovereignty.
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