Russia launches record 500 drones in overnight attack on Ukraine

During the night, the enemy attacked Ukraine with:

• 472 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and other types of decoy drones launched from directions including Millerovo, Shatalovo, Kursk, Orel, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk;

• three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Kursk and Voronezh regions;

• four cruise missiles of air and ground launch types: Kh-101 and Iskander-K.

The main directions of the air assault targeted the Kharkiv, Sumy, Zhytomyr, Odesa, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk regions and Zaporizhzhia.

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and unmanned systems, as well as mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Air defense forces neutralized 385 aerial threats. Specifically: 210 enemy Shahed-type drones (and other UAVs), three Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles over the east, south, north, west, and central parts of the country. Of these, 213 were shot down by firepower, and 172 were suppressed or lost through electronic warfare.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, strikes were recorded in 18 locations.

As a reminder, the previous record for the number of drones was set on May 26, when Russia launched 355 UAVs of various types against Ukraine.

Massive attack on Ukraine

On the night of June 1, Russia launched another large-scale combined strike on Ukraine using drones, ballistic, and cruise missiles. In the northern, eastern, and some central regions, air raid alerts lasted over 10–13 hours.

Kyiv and the region, Zaporizhzhia, as well as the Odesa, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv regions came under attack. The strikes resulted in destruction and civilian casualties.

More details about the consequences of Russia’s massive attack can be found in the report by RBC-Ukraine.