Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 10:30am on 29 Jun 2025,Sunday International
Russia unleashed its largest aerial assault since early 2022, launching 477 drones and 60 missiles overnight. Ukraine’s air force intercepted 211 drones and 38 missiles, while electronic warfare disrupted another 225 unmanned systems. The barrage covered at least six regions Lviv, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Ivano‑Frankivsk damaging homes, industrial facilities, schools, and injuring seven civilians. A Ukrainian F‑16 pilot, Lt. Col. Maksym Ustymenko, was killed after shooting down seven air targets; his jet was lost and he steered it away from populated areas before crashing. President Zelenskiy urged Western allies, especially the U.S., to supply advanced air‑defence systems like Patriots to strengthen Ukraine’s protection. (PC: Reuters)
