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22 injured as Russia launches 499 drones, missiles at Ukraine
June 9 (UPI) -- Russia launched 499 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles against seven provinces across Ukraine, of which the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed all but 22. At least 22 people were injured in provinces from the frontline regions of Sumy and Kharkiv in the east, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south and Rivne in the northwest, which Gov. Oleksandr Koval said had sustained the heaviest bombardment since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. "According to preliminary information, one civilian was injured. Huge gratitude for the professionalism of our air defense forces, which destroyed a large number of enemy targets," Koval wrote in a post on X. Kyiv and the surrounding area also came under sustained attack with air raid warnings sounding for more than 10 hours, but no casualties were reported. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russian forces launched 479 attack and decoy drones from multiple directions, four ballistic missiles, 11 cruise missiles and five air-launched cruise and anti-radar missiles from above the Black Sea. The air force said its fighter aircraft, air defense and electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups were able to destroy or otherwise "neutralize" 460 of the drones and all but three of the missiles, two of which never made it to their targets. However, some made it through with explosions heard in at least 10 locations and debris from downed projectiles falling in 17 places. Most of the cruise missiles came from Russia's Saratov region, where air bases have twice sustained attacks from Ukrainian UAV assaults in the past week. Ukrainian special forces claimed another strike overnight on an airfield deep inside Russian territory in Nizhny Novgorod region, 260 miles east of Moscow, damaging two fighter jets on the ground. "According to preliminary information, two units of enemy aircraft were hit (probably MiG-31 and Su-30/34 aircraft). The results of the combat operation are being clarified," said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Guardian said Savasleyka airfield was home to MiG-31K warplanes used to deploy air-to-surface ballistic missiles of a type that have been used to attack Ukrainian cities and Ukrainian forces. Footage was also circulating online of a drone strike even further afield in Cheboksary in the Chuvashia Republic on an industrial facility producing guidance systems parts used in motorized howitzers, short-range ballistic missiles and both loitering and attack drones. Regional Gov. Oleg Nikolayev, issued a statement confirming production at the VNIIR Progress factory had been paused but that there had been no injuries. The plant is under U.S., European Union and British sanctions targeting military industrial facilities and Russia's ability to evade Western efforts to target its war machine. The operating company was sanctioned by the United States in 2023, followed by the EU and Britain in 2024. Copyright 2025 UPI News Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Yahoo
7 hours ago
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22 injured as Russia launches 499 drones, missiles at Ukraine
June 9 (UPI) -- Russia launched 499 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles against seven provinces across Ukraine, of which the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed all but 22. At least 22 people were injured in provinces from the frontline regions of Sumy and Kharkiv in the east, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south and Rivne in the northwest, which Gov. Oleksandr Koval said had sustained the heaviest bombardment since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. "According to preliminary information, one civilian was injured. Huge gratitude for the professionalism of our air defense forces, which destroyed a large number of enemy targets," Koval wrote in a post on X. Kyiv and the surrounding area also came under sustained attack with air raid warnings sounding for more than 10 hours, but no casualties were reported. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russian forces launched 479 attack and decoy drones from multiple directions, four ballistic missiles, 11 cruise missiles and five air-launched cruise and anti-radar missiles from above the Black Sea. The air force said its fighter aircraft, air defense and electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups were able to destroy or otherwise "neutralize" 460 of the drones and all but three of the missiles, two of which never made it to their targets. However, some made it through with explosions heard in at least 10 locations and debris from downed projectiles falling in 17 places. Most of the cruise missiles came from Russia's Saratov region, where air bases have twice sustained attacks from Ukrainian UAV assaults in the past week. Ukrainian special forces claimed another strike overnight on an airfield deep inside Russian territory in Nizhny Novgorod region, 260 miles east of Moscow, damaging two fighter jets on the ground. "According to preliminary information, two units of enemy aircraft were hit (probably MiG-31 and Su-30/34 aircraft). The results of the combat operation are being clarified," said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Guardian said Savasleyka airfield was home to MiG-31K warplanes used to deploy air-to-surface ballistic missiles of a type that have been used to attack Ukrainian cities and Ukrainian forces. Footage was also circulating online of a drone strike even further afield in Cheboksary in the Chuvashia Republic on an industrial facility producing guidance systems parts used in motorized howitzers, short-range ballistic missiles and both loitering and attack drones. Regional Gov. Oleg Nikolayev, issued a statement confirming production at the VNIIR Progress factory had been paused but that there had been no injuries. The plant is under U.S., European Union and British sanctions targeting military industrial facilities and Russia's ability to evade Western efforts to target its war machine. The operating company was sanctioned by the United States in 2023, followed by the EU and Britain in 2024.
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First Post
7 hours ago
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As Putin hits Ukraine with biggest air attack, Kyiv strikes Russian airbases & hits planes again
Hours after Russia launched biggest aerial attack in the war so far, Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Savasleyka airbase and damaged Russian fighter planes. read more Hours after Russia launched the biggest aerial attack of the war, Ukraine on Monday struck Russia's warplanes yet again. Earlier in the day, Ukraine also struck a manufacturing unit that makes critical components for missiles and drones that Russia uses to attack Ukraine. These are the latest Ukrainian attacks on Russian air power and critical infrastructure that followed Russian aerial attack involving 479 drones and 20 missiles on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD In recent weeks, even as Russia and Ukraine are engaged in direct talks, both sides have ramped up attacks. While Russia has bombed the length and breadth of Ukraine with hundreds of missiles and drones on a near-daily basis, Ukraine has struck Russian airbases and other critical infrastructure, such as sites part of the military-industrial complex and missile launchers. Ukraine strikes Russian war planes — again Ukraine on Monday said that its drones attacked Russia's Savasleyka airbase and damage two Russian fighter planes. The two planes damaged included a MiG-31K and a Sukhoi Su-30/34. In a statement, the Ukrainian General Staff said that the special forces struck the Savasleyka base that Russia has used to launch attacks on Ukraine with MiG-31K fighter planes and 'Kinzhal' missiles. As per the preliminary information, two fighter planes, likely a MiG-31 and Su-30/34, were damaged, the statement said. The attack on MiG and Sukhoi came a little over a week after Ukraine attacked at least five Russian airbases with 117 drones and destroyed nearly a third of Russian long-range bomber and surveillance aircraft fleets. Earlier in the day, Ukraine said it struck manufacturing unit of a private defence company, JSC VNIIR-Progress, in Cheboksary in Chuvashia region that makes critical components for Russian missiles Iskander and Kalibr and Iranian suicide drone Shahed — a mainstay of Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine. Earlier on Friday, Ukraine struck Engels airfield in Russia that housed bomber aircraft and the Dyagilevo airbase near Moscow that housed refuelling and escort aircraft. Ukraine also attacked an oil depot in Saratov that day. In another recent attack, Ukraine targeted a chemical plant in Russia's Tula region. Despite such attacks on critical installations, Russian forces' advance has picked up pace in recent months. In May, Russia gained 196 square miles of Ukrainian territory compared to 146 square miles in April and 93 square miles in March, according to The Daily Telegraph. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Despite the successes of Ukrainian aerial attacks, ground forces remain stretched against numerically superior Russian forces. While Ukraine's principal supporter, the United States, has now essentially switched sides under President Donald Trump, Russian supporters, China, Iran, and North Korea, have doubled down. The result is that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is prolonging the talks to maximise his gains with the idea of pushing into acceptance of his maximalist terms.
UPI
7 hours ago
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- UPI
22 injured as Russia launches 499 drones, missiles at Ukraine
Russia mounted a huge airborne attack on Ukraine for the fifth night in a row, launching 499 drones and missiles at targets across the country that injured at least 22 people. Photo by Sergey Kozlov/EPA-EFE June 9 (UPI) -- Russia launched 499 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles against seven provinces across Ukraine, of which the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed all but 22. At least 22 people were injured in provinces from the frontline regions of Sumy and Kharkiv in the east, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south and Rivne in the northwest, which Gov. Oleksandr Koval said had sustained the heaviest bombardment since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. "According to preliminary information, one civilian was injured. Huge gratitude for the professionalism of our air defense forces, which destroyed a large number of enemy targets," Koval wrote in a post on X. Kyiv and the surrounding area also came under sustained attack with air raid warnings sounding for more than 10 hours, but no casualties were reported. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russian forces launched 479 attack and decoy drones from multiple directions, four ballistic missiles, 11 cruise missiles and five air-launched cruise and anti-radar missiles from above the Black Sea. The air force said its fighter aircraft, air defense and electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups were able to destroy or otherwise "neutralize" 460 of the drones and all but three of the missiles, two of which never made it to their targets. However, some made it through with explosions heard in at least 10 locations and debris from downed projectiles falling in 17 places. Most of the cruise missiles came from Russia's Saratov region, where air bases have twice sustained attacks from Ukrainian UAV assaults in the past week. Ukrainian special forces claimed another strike overnight on an airfield deep inside Russian territory in Nizhny Novgorod region, 260 miles east of Moscow, damaging two fighter jets on the ground. "According to preliminary information, two units of enemy aircraft were hit (probably MiG-31 and Su-30/34 aircraft). The results of the combat operation are being clarified," said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Guardian said Savasleyka airfield was home to MiG-31K warplanes used to deploy air-to-surface ballistic missiles of a type that have been used to attack Ukrainian cities and Ukrainian forces. Footage was also circulating online of a drone strike even further afield in Cheboksary in the Chuvashia Republic on an industrial facility producing guidance systems parts used in motorized howitzers, short-range ballistic missiles and both loitering and attack drones. Regional Gov. Oleg Nikolayev, issued a statement confirming production at the VNIIR Progress factory had been paused but that there had been no injuries. The plant is under U.S., European Union and British sanctions targeting military industrial facilities and Russia's ability to evade Western efforts to target its war machine. The operating company was sanctioned by the United States in 2023, followed by the EU and Britain in 2024.
Yahoo
9 hours ago
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Ukraine claims to have damaged Russian fighter jets in night-time raid
Ukrainian special forces claim to have damaged two fighter jets in a night-time raid on an airfield deep inside Russia as Kyiv sought to disrupt Vladimir Putin's steady advances on the frontline. A week after the spectacle of Operation Spiderweb, when drones struck the Kremlin's nuclear-capable bombers, the general staff of the Ukrainian army claimed a fresh success. Special operations forces were said to have launched an assault on the Savasleyka airfield, located in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia, about 400 miles from the Ukrainian border. The army did not provide any details about the nature of the operation and questions remain about the extent of the damage inflicted. The airfield is used by Russia to deploy MiG-31K fighters carrying Kinzhal ballistic missiles which have been used against Ukrainian armed forces and its cities. 'According to preliminary information, two units of enemy aircraft were hit (probably MiG-31 and Su-30/34 aircraft),' the general staff said in a statement. 'The results of the combat operation are being clarified.' Video footage also emerged of a successful drone strike on a factory in Cheboksary, about 800 miles from the Ukrainian border, which makes components crucial to the targeting mechanisms in self-propelled howitzers, Iskander missile systems and Lancet and Shahed kamikaze drones. Ukraine's armed forces said the attack on the VNIIR-Progress plant, which is under US sanctions, had led the authorities in Russia to halt commercial flights in the region. They said: 'At present, the destruction of the facility by at least two UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones] and the subsequent large-scale fire have been confirmed. The results of the destruction are being clarified.' Oleg Nikolayev, the regional governor, said in a statement that production at the factory had been suspended but that the strikes had not caused any casualties. The operations inside Russia came as the Kremlin stepped up its night-time missile and drone strikes and made progress in pushing back the frontline in the north-east Sumy region and in Donetsk in the east. Related: 'He's a bulldog': the man behind the success of Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb On Sunday night and in the early hours of Monday morning, Russia launched 479 drones at Ukraine in the war's biggest overnight drone bombardment, the Ukrainian air force said. About 20 missiles were also fired into Ukraine, targeting mainly central and western regions. The operational command of the Polish armed forces said it scrambled fighter jets in response to the aerial attacks in western Ukraine. The Rivne region, in western Ukraine, sustained the largest attack since the full-scale war began. One person had been confirmed dead, according to the chief of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Koval. Video footage shared on social media suggested that the Dubno airbase may have been struck. It has been claimed that this is the home of Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets although this could not be independently verified. Explosions were also heard in Kyiv, where Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv city military administration, reported that an office building in the capital's Darnytsia district had been damaged. The Ukrainian authorities claimed that their air defences destroyed 277 drones and 19 missiles in mid-flight, with only 10 drones or missiles successfully striking their targets. In recent weeks, Russian forces have made significant advances in the Sumy region, pushing within 18 miles of the eponymous regional capital, three years after Ukraine's counteroffensive pushed the Kremlin's forces out of the area. The region's governor, Oleh Hryhorov, said that there was no need yet to evacuate Sumy city, describing the situation as 'tense but under control of the defence forces'. Ukraine has denied Moscow's claims that Russian forces have pushed through the western border of Donetsk into the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time in the three years of the full-scale war. Maj Andrii Kovalev, a spokesperson for Ukraine's general staff, said: 'The information is not true. Fighting is ongoing in Donetsk oblast. The enemy did not enter Dnipropetrovsk oblast.'
