Russia Largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war

SDA

9.6.2025 - 11:44

ARCHIVE - Russia often uses these drones to strike targets in Ukraine. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP/dpa
ARCHIVE - Russia often uses these drones to strike targets in Ukraine. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP/dpa
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According to information from Kiev, Russia carried out the largest drone attack on neighboring Ukraine since the start of the war. According to the Ukrainian air force, 479 Shahed combat drones and their dummies, 4 Kinschal hypersonic missiles, 14 different cruise missiles and 2 Ch-31 air-to-ground missiles were used. "479 air targets have been destroyed," the statement continued. The information cannot be verified independently.

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There were air alerts in a number of Ukrainian regions during the night. According to the local military governor Olexander Koval, one civilian was injured in the Rivne region in the west of the country, while three people were injured in the Zaporizhzhya region near the front. The air alert there lasted until the late hours of the morning. There were also strikes in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv - the latter was reportedly mainly attacked with guided glide bombs.

Russian attacks on Ukraine put Poland on alert

Poland has sent up interceptors due to the intensive Russian air attack on targets in Ukraine. Polish and allied fighter jets were activated early Monday morning, according to the Operational Command in Warsaw.

The air defense and radar reconnaissance systems on the ground had also been put on high alert in accordance with current procedures. These measures are of a preventive nature and serve to monitor the situation in the immediate border area.