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Ukraine Says Air Defences Repelled Mass Night Raid as Fighting and Attrition Intensify

Ukrainian forces report intercepting scores of missiles and drones during the 27–28 June attack, helping to cut Russian supply options to Crimea, exposing strains in Russian regional finances.

Overview

  • Ukrainian air‑defence units reported overnight 27–28 June that they shot down seven incoming missiles and about 125 strike drones during a mass Russian raid that Kyiv says used hundreds of drones and multiple missiles.
  • The General Staff says frontline combat remains high intensity with hundreds of daily clashes and updated cumulative estimates of Russian personnel losses approaching about 1.4 million since February 2022.
  • Ukraine reported targeted strikes on Russian logistics and defence industry, including a Pantsir‑S1 air‑defence system in Feodosia, a ferry near Kerch used for resupply, and a Volgograd defence plant that later caught fire.
  • Regional Ukrainian authorities recorded civilian deaths, dozens wounded and widespread damage across Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy and other oblasts as Russia continued large‑scale attacks using drones, guided bombs and artillery.
  • Independent investigations and Ukrainian intelligence point to growing pressure inside Russia: journalists have named more than 229,000 Russian service members killed, and Kyiv and Western analysts say strikes are worsening Russian supply and air‑defence burdens and straining regional budgets.