Ukrainian Defense Forces destroy 475 targets used by Russia in overnight attack on Ukraine

 Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the information.

On the night of June 29 (starting at 19:00 on June 28), Russia launched 537 aerial attack vehicles:

• 477 Shahed strike UAVs and various decoy drones from Kursk, Shatalovo, Oryol, Bryansk, Millerovo (Russia) and Chauda (Crimea). More than 250 were Shaheds
• 4 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from the airspace over Russia’s Tambov region
• 7 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Russia’s Voronezh region and occupied Crimea
• 41 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles from Saratov, Kursk, and Bryansk regions
• 5 Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea
• 3 S-300 surface-to-air guided missiles from Russia’s Kursk region

The air assault was countered by Ukrainian aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, drone teams, and mobile fire groups.

As of 08:30, preliminary data shows air defense forces neutralized 475 Russian aerial targets. Of these, 249 were shot down by fire; 226 were lost to tracking or suppressed electronically:

• 211 Russian Shaheds (and other UAVs) were shot down; 225 were lost due to electronic warfare
• 1 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile was destroyed
• 33 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles were shot down; 1 was lost
• 4 Kalibr cruise missiles were shot down

Russian aerial weapons were intercepted in six regions, with debris falling in eight locations.

• The attack caused casualties in the Kharkiv, Cherkasy, and Prykarpattia regions. Lviv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv regions also came under fire.