Overview
- The General Staff reported that on 28 June there were 197 combat clashes and that Ukrainian forces struck multiple targets inside Russia overnight, including two oil refineries, a railway bridge in occupied Crimea and an ammunition depot.
- Ukrainian statements and military updates said hits produced fires and partial destruction at the Slavyansk and Yaroslavl refineries and damaged production halls at the Titan‑Barikady plant in Volgograd, while a rail bridge in the Ichok area of Crimea and an ammo storage site near Amvrosiivka were also reported hit.
- The U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces carried out additional strikes on Iranian military infrastructure on 27 June after attacks on commercial shipping, and Iranian forces including the IRGC then reported strikes on targets in Bahrain and Kuwait on 28 June with CENTCOM reporting follow‑up strikes on Iranian coastal and unmanned systems.
- A sharp public diplomatic dispute over last year’s Anchorage talks is playing out, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying there was no agreement at the summit and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov offering a conflicting reconstruction that Moscow frames as tacit acceptance.
- President Zelensky announced a Ukrainian National Pantheon, installed a bust of Ivan Mazepa at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and ordered 25 years of preparations for the Lavra’s 1,000th anniversary even as restoration work continues after the Uspensky Cathedral damage and civilians, including Kharkiv police officer Roman Komarov, were killed during evacuations.