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[UA.KORRESPONDENT.NET] 22.33 In the city of Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a 34-year-old man was mobilized, who, after a divorce, is raising a five-year-old daughter alone. According to the Ombudsman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, when the man was taken to the military registration and enlistment office, the child was in kindergarten. According to the Ombudsman, the man was twice denied a deferment. He instructed his representative in the Dnipropetrovsk region to find out all the details of this case and establish whether the mobilization was legal and why the child was left without parental care.
The Dnipropetrovsk Regional Recruitment Center responded to the publicity and announced that everything was done legally. The military medical commission declared the man fit for service, and he has already been mobilized and sent to a military unit.
22.01 Ukraine and Sweden signed an agreement on the purchase of 16 Gripen E fighters. Along with the aircraft, Kyiv will also purchase a package of equipment, maintenance and support. Ukraine will receive the first Gripen C/D aircraft in early 2027. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov noted that the aircraft will be purchased with Eurocredit funds and with the support of the United Kingdom. Deliveries of these aircraft will begin in early 2029.
21.38 In the city of Sumy, as of the evening of Tuesday, June 30, the number of people injured as a result of Russian air strikes has increased to 21. According to the Sumy City Military Administration, eight women and thirteen men are among the injured.
20.53 German defense company Rheinmetall has received an order from Ukraine for the supply of 155-mm artillery shells worth tens of millions of euros. As the company notes, the cost of this contract will be reflected in the financial statements in the second quarter of 2026, and its implementation is planned for the first quarter of 2027. Rheinmetall emphasized that it has already started manufacturing products for this order in Spain.
20.05 Russian occupation forces are considering several scenarios of possible attacks from the north, with special attention being paid to the Chernihiv region. According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, the Russian General Staff has prepared several action plans. One of them includes an attack from Belarus. However, Syrsky doubts that the Belarusian leadership will allow its territory to be used as a bridgehead again. However, Ukraine is taking this scenario into account.
19.22 The Russian army again attacked Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs. Nine Zaporizhzhia residents have already sought medical help, one person has died.
"People were injured, private houses were destroyed, a fire broke out, an educational institution was damaged: the Russians again struck Zaporizhia with guided aerial bombs," said the head of the Zaporizhia OVA, Ivan Fedorov.
19.02 The vast majority of Russians - 81% - are ready to support the decision to end the war against Ukraine "tomorrow". Such data was published the day before by the Institute of Conflictology and Analysis of Russia (ICAR), based in Kyiv.
Russians also began massively searching the Internet for information about the timing of the end of the war against Ukraine amid the fuel crisis and drone attacks. In the week from June 22 to 28, the number of queries "when will the SVO end" in the Yandex search engine reached 137,000.
18.56 The European Commission plans to deprive newly arrived Ukrainian men of military age of temporary protection in the EU. This decision has drawn criticism from the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty, who believes that such an approach is discriminatory and may contradict international human rights obligations. O'Flaherty called on EU member states not to introduce the restrictions proposed by the European Commission. He stressed that the Temporary Protection Directive was introduced in the context of the general security situation in Ukraine and should not be applied selectively to different categories of the population.
18.06 On Tuesday, June 30, Russian troops attacked Zaporizhia several times. As a result of enemy strikes, one person was killed and several people, including a child, were injured. There is destruction and fires in the city.
17.53 The first stage of the "Baseline" project, which consists of a minimum guaranteed level of monthly provision of units with drones, is being launched. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov.
"Today, the provision of drones and equipment between brigades remains uneven. Because of this, it is more difficult for brigades to plan their work and combat operations. For this reason, together with the General Staff, we are launching the "Basic Level of Provision"... Units will receive a certain resource, which will allow them to plan work and combat operations for several months in advance. At the same time, manufacturers will have a forecasted demand for 6-12 months, which will help scale production," he noted.
According to Fedorov, units will be able to independently select the proposed UAVs through the DOT-Chain Defence weapons marketplace, and the system will form the supply. If the required type of drone is temporarily unavailable, the unit will receive another with the same or similar characteristics. Deliveries within the project will begin in July. The first stage will include FPV drones with radio and fiber optics, Mavics, bombers, reconnaissance wings and light medium-range drones (middle-strike), which, according to him, are currently most in demand at the front.
17.23 Russian troops struck Bogodukhov. As a result of the enemy attack, there are casualties and civilian infrastructure has also been damaged. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Oleg Synegubov.
"Seven people were injured. Everyone is receiving medical assistance," Sinegubov noted.
16.54 Three more pro-Russian agitators who justified the armed aggression of the Russian Federation and incited interethnic hostility within Ukraine received real prison terms. The SBU reported this on June 30. It is noted that the perpetrators were exposed in pro-Kremlin posts on social networks during 2025-2026.
16.45 Since the beginning of the current day and as of 16:00, Russian invaders have attacked Ukrainian army positions 48 times, which is significantly less than yesterday's figure. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary.
16.16 The Ministry of Defense codified and approved for operation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine the domestically produced TALION unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The uniqueness of the new drone is that it can be both an interceptor and a strike drone.
15.48 Already in July, combat brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive additional financial resources and personnel reinforcements. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on Telegram.
There will now be more funds for each battalion. Separate funding will also be available for artillery units and corps-level units.
15.16 Hungary does not support the European Union's proposal to limit temporary protection for Ukrainian men of military age. Prime Minister Péter Magyar stated this during a parliamentary debate, the EP reports.
14.57 Ukrainian military struck bridges and other enemy targets on June 29-30. They also clarified the results of the strikes on the Slovyanskyi refinery, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
14.53 A resident of Kherson was sentenced to life imprisonment with confiscation of property for providing intelligence information to the Russian military after the de-occupation of the city. The Prosecutor General's Office reported this.
14.42 Metinvest Company entered the top three in the ranking of the best employers for veterans, compiled by the Delo publication. The top five also included Naftogaz, Ukrzaliznytsia, MHP and DTEK. This was reported by the Metinvest press service.
14.20 In Romania, the wreckage of a Russian drone with a warhead was found in the village of Rakelu in Tulcea County.
The wreckage of the drone was found by a local resident. Specialists who arrived at the scene of the incident confirmed the presence of a warhead. It was destroyed by controlled detonation.
Preliminary data indicates that the debris comes from a drone used by Russia during attacks on Ukrainian port infrastructure in April this year, the Romanian Ministry of Defense said.
13.48 The next visit of the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to China, which the dictator uses as a counterweight to the Russian Federation, has become another manifestation of the already steady trend of Russia losing its foreign policy weight. This is reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
"Lukashenko's next visit to China, which the Belarusian leader uses as a counterweight to Russia, has become another manifestation of the already steady trend of Russia losing its foreign policy weight. After Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia, Russia is losing influence even on its main satellite," the report says.
Lukashenko's unannounced visit to Beijing was at least his fourth since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. The trip came on the heels of Lukashenko's talks with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and amid the Kremlin's latest efforts to increase pressure on Belarus to draw it more into the war against Ukraine.
13.39 The "former Minister" of Energy of Crimea was detained in Kyiv, the SBU reported. He arrived in the capital of Ukraine to resolve personal matters. He was informed of suspicion under the article of high treason.
13.27 Russia is mass-conveying trials of Ukrainian defenders: two and a half hundred Azov fighters have already received real prison terms in the Russian Federation. As Nestor Barchuk, a representative of the corps, notes, "currently, out of almost 700 Azov prisoners, about 250 prisoners of war are convicted on various charges. And this figure is growing rapidly," and such "confessions" are banally extracted by Kremlin security forces through torture.
The occupiers are also actively issuing absentee sentences, punishing soldiers both for fabricated war crimes and simply for the fact of serving in a unit that the aggressor country has declared terrorist. Despite this legal terror, human rights activists are managing to return people home.
According to Victoria Petruk, a representative of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, "currently, about 300 Ukrainian servicemen who were accused of various fabricated crimes in the Russian Federation have been released from Russian captivity," despite their fabricated procedural statuses.
13.19 The search for missing Ukrainian servicemen has been going on for years, with some families waiting for news since 2014. As Kirovohrad region police representative Taras Tarasenko explained in an interview with Ukrinform, the speed of the investigation always varies: "Sometimes we manage to establish a person's fate in a matter of days. But there are cases when we don't have any information for years."
The main difficulty lies in the long-term DNA identification of the remains, which are gradually being returned to Ukraine. "Even now, in 2026, we continue to identify bodies that were returned in previous years," the law enforcement officer emphasized.
On February 13, the European Commission began disbursing 3.9 billion euros to Ukraine as part of the first tranche of approximately 6 billion euros intended for the purchase of drones, the EC press service reported.
Advanced technologies will strengthen Ukraine's defense. And there will be even more support in the future, Ursula von der Leyen promised.
12.47 Prosecutors of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported in absentia about suspicion four so-called "deputies of the People's Council of the DPR", who helped the occupiers send about 60,000 men to the front. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office.
12.25 Ukrainian military personnel again struck a space communications center in the city of Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky reported this on Facebook.
12.12 Russian troops carried out a massive airstrike on the Sumy community, dropping four guided bombs on a civilian infrastructure facility. As reported by the head of the Sumy OVA, Oleg Grigorov, "a woman was rescued from under the rubble."
In turn, the Sumy City Military Administration clarified that 11 civilians were injured. Two women and 9 men are hospitalized with injuries of varying severity.
12.00 The Saksk CHP in temporarily occupied Crimea suffered serious damage after attacks. This was reported by the Crimean Wind Telegram channel, citing satellite imagery.
11.39 China has "strongly" called on Ukraine and Russia to resume negotiations to end the war, which has been going on for five years. The corresponding statement was made the day before by China's permanent representative to the UN, Sun Lei, at a meeting of the Security Council.
It is necessary to achieve a final, real and binding ceasefire, the Chinese representative noted.
11.24 The capacity of the underground space of the Kyiv metro for sheltering the population is official information.
"Information on the list, characteristics and condition of protective structures of enterprises, institutions and organizations is official information, therefore information on the capacity of the underground space of the metro for sheltering the population is also official information," the metro said.
11.15 An FSB agent was exposed and detained in Odessa, who was collecting data on the locations of the Defense Forces. The SBU reported this.
The attacker also provided the Russians with the details of a local council member and a National Guard serviceman, whom he knew personally, as possible targets for elimination.
11.02 Four people were injured as a result of Russian strikes on the Donetsk region. This was reported by the Donetsk region police communications department on June 30. It is noted that the Russians struck Druzhkivka with two KAB-250 bombs and three FPV drones. Two people were injured as a result of drones hitting a private house and a municipal garbage truck. Three apartment buildings, an after-school educational institution, and two trucks were damaged. One civilian was injured in Samiylivka due to a strike by an FPV drone. In Kuritsyne, an enemy FPV drone hit a civilian truck - one person was injured.
10.59 On Tuesday morning, power outages were recorded in 12 regions of Ukraine due to Russian shelling and bad weather. This was reported by Ukrenergo.
Due to the difficult situation in the energy system, consumption restriction measures will be applied from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
10.43 On the morning of June 30, the Russian military launched a strike on Zaporizhia. Two people were injured as a result of the enemy attack. The building was damaged, the fire was extinguished.
10.40 The number of Ukrainian refugees abroad is divided 50/50 on the issue of plans to return to their homeland. This was stated by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty in an interview with RBC-Ukraine
"As I recall, in 2022, about a third wanted to return home, a third wanted to stay in their country of residence, and a third didn't know. The latest data is more inclined to about 50/50 between those who want to return and those who want to stay," the European Commissioner noted.
10.34 A fighter of the 160th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian Gerber drone with an automatic weapon.
"This Gerbera had enough for about a magazine from a machine gun, taking into account inflation - ninety hryvnias. An ordinary machine gun. An unusual result when Gerbera has enough small arms. Without MANPADS," the military said.
10.28 Ukraine is ready to share its security experience with South Korea and offers Seoul a mutually beneficial partnership amid growing threats from cooperation between Russia and the DPRK. This was announced by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga on the social network X.
10.15 A law enforcement officer was reported suspicious, who, according to the investigation, was a participant in a scheme to illegally influence decisions regarding military conscripts. The State Bureau of Investigation reported this on June 30. It was established that a local lawyer offered clients illegal assistance in removing a TCC and SP from the wanted list and registering unfitness for military service due to health reasons. She involved a law enforcement officer in the scheme, who used his connections among the leadership of one of the district TCCs and SPs in the Mykolaiv region. The cost of the "services" was 29 thousand US dollars. The suspects were exposed during the receipt of the next part of the agreed funds and the exclusion of the conscript from the wanted list.
10.13 The former commander of a military unit is accused of overpaying 36.6 million hryvnias for winter jackets and pants for military personnel.
In 2022, a military unit in the Dnipropetrovsk region purchased winter uniforms for the military. According to the contract, 7,800 jackets and 7,795 pants were to be supplied. The total purchase amount is 67.7 million hryvnias.
According to the investigation, the former unit commander did not properly check whether the price and quality of the goods corresponded to the real value. At the same time, he signed the contract, prepayment documents, and invoices, after which the uniforms were accepted and paid for.
It was established that the jackets and trousers were purchased at a significantly inflated price. The difference between the contractual and market value was over 36.6 million hryvnias.
The indictment has been sent to court. The former commander is charged with negligent attitude towards military service during martial law. He faces 5 to 8 years in prison.
9.53 Three people were injured as a result of Russian strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by the head of the OVA Oleksandr Ganzha on June 30. According to him, the enemy attacked four districts of the region with drones more than 10 times. In the Nikopol region, the district center, Marhanetska and Chervonohryhorivska communities were under attack. An enterprise, a shopping pavilion, apartment and private houses, and cars were damaged. Two men, 43 and 65 years old, were injured. Both residents were hospitalized in moderate condition. Another person was injured in the Dniprovsk district, where a grain warehouse was on fire as a result of the attack. A 56-year-old woman was hospitalized in moderate condition.
9.22 In Sumy at night, a Russian Molniya UAV hit a parking lot in the Kovpakiv district, causing a fire. This was reported by the head of the Sumy city military administration, Serhiy Kryvosheyenko, on June 30. According to him, four trucks and an outbuilding were damaged. In the morning, the Russians hit a gas station in the Zarechny district of the city. There is damage. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties.
9.20 The death toll from the Russian strike on the Dnieper on June 29 has risen to seven - one of the wounded died on the morning of June 30.
A 59-year-old man died in hospital. In total, the Russian missile strike claimed the lives of seven people - six men and one woman. 16 injured citizens remain in medical facilities. Seven of them are in serious condition.
9.15 On the night of June 30, Russia attacked Ukraine with 154 Shahed, Gerber, Italmas attack UAVs and Parodia-type simulator drones.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 138 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types and drones of other types in the north, south, center and east of the country. 13 strike UAVs were hit at 10 locations, as well as the fall of downed ones (fragments) at two locations.
8.54 The war in Ukraine and the reorientation of the economy to military needs are increasingly affecting the well-being of Russian citizens, a significant part of whom are forced to save on clothes and food, and there are more and more of them.
8.30 Over the past day, 227 combat clashes were recorded on the front. In the Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivsk and Pridneprovsk directions over the past day, the Russians did not conduct assault operations.
8.00 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey strives for a lasting peace in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and is making efforts to resume negotiations and the diplomatic process.
7.26 From February 24, 2022 to June 30, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,403,550 people (+1,350 per day).
6.48 Residents of the Moscow region recorded the flights of a large number of drones towards Moscow on the morning of Tuesday, June 30. Drones were recorded in another region. This was reported on Telegram by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
3.46 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused NATO of preparing to create, together with Ukraine, weapons for mass destruction of Russian air bases, particularly in the interior of the country. This is stated in the comments of the Russian official.
2.57 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Danish Defense Minister Jeppe Bruus, who is visiting Ukraine for the first time since his appointment. They discussed the conclusion of a major agreement - the Drone Deal. This is stated in a message from the official online representation of the head of state.
1.59 All vehicles began to be checked in the Murmansk region of Russia on the federal highway R-21 Kola from June 28. This was stated on Telegram by Violetta Grudina, Navalny's former chief of staff in Murmansk, citing eyewitnesses.
00.44 A bipartisan bill that should cut bureaucracy and speed up the delivery of needed ammunition to Ukraine has been introduced in Washington, Democratic Senator from Virginia Tim Kaine announced.
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[NEWS-FRONT.SU] 18:41 Operators of the Geran-2 Seeker and Geran-4 Seeker UAVs inflicted strikes on 154 kV power transmission line supports near the city of Zaporizhzhia knocked out power to industrial facilities and enterprises operating in the interests of Ukrainian armed forces.
16:42 Molniya-2 crew destroyed the control center for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones, and the FPV drone operators are the enemy's ground robotic systems.
14:46 FAB-3000 with universal planning and correction modules destroyed the temporary deployment point of a unit of the 65th separate separate brigade in the Orekhovo area in the Zaporizhzhia region;
Four FAB-500 with UMP Kdestroyed stronghold of the 13th separate brigade of the National Guard in the Krasnopolye region of the Sumy region.
12:36 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of June 30, 2026)
Units of the North group of forces have improved their tactical position.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Luzhki, Sukhodol, and Krasnopolye in Sumy Oblast. In Khar'kov Oblast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated formations of a mechanized and motorized infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Losivka, Starytsia, and Bugaivka in Khar'kov Oblast. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 210 service members, 11 vehicles, and an artillery piece.
Units of the Western group of forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines.
They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Maleevka, Izyumske, and Chervony Stav in Khar'kov Oblast, and Vovchiy Yar and Piskunovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. In the settlement of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 25th Army continue to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the northwestern part of the settlement.
Units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division captured four enemy strongholds and occupied 54 buildings. Over the course of 24 hours, more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored combat vehicle, four vehicles, two ground-based robotic systems, and 11 UAV control centers were destroyed in the city. In total, enemy losses in the "West" zone of operations amounted to 210 servicemen. Five Western-made armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, two self-propelled artillery units, and two "Damba" electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the village of Malinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of active military operations.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, airmobile, motorized infantry, and mountain assault brigades near the villages of Druzhkovka, Orekhovatka, Mykolaivka, and Nikanorivka in the Donetsk People's Republic. In the village of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the Southern Group of Forces continue to clear the southwestern part of the village of the enemy and liberated 30 buildings. Over the past 24 hours, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two artillery pieces, 21 vehicles, and 26 ground-based robotic systems have been destroyed. In total, the enemy lost more than 175 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four artillery pieces, a multiple launch rocket system, and 27 vehicles in the Southern Group of Forces' area of responsibility.
Units of the Center group of forces have improved their tactical position.
They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Vesele, Novopidgorodne, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Dobropillya and Svitloe in the Donetsk People's Republic. Ukrainian armed forces lost over 270 service members, two armored combat vehicles, and eight automobiles.
Units of the "East" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the settlements of Rivne and Lesnoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized, assault, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Velykomykhailivka and Gavrilovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Novoukrainka, Novoye Pole, Lyubitske, and Tymoshivka in Zaporizhia Oblast. The enemy lost over 455 service members, three armored combat vehicles, and 10 automobiles.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized and a mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrovo, Kamyshevakha, and Grigorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region. Up to 75 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, seven vehicles, and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
12:30 Crews of unmanned aerial systems troops as part of units of the Center group of forces destroyed NRTK of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Dobropillya direction of the Northern Military District.
12:26 In the village of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the "Southern" group of troops continue mop up from the enemy in the southwestern part of the settlement and liberated 30 buildings.
Over the course of 24 hours, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two artillery pieces, 21 vehicles, and 26 ground-based robotic systems were destroyed.
09:23 UAV interceptor crews destroyed air targets in the skies over the Dnieper and the right bank of the Kherson region.
07:30 During the night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on June 29 to 7:00 Moscow time on June 30, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 419 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Lipetsk, Rostov, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea.
06:30 Artillerymen from the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Southern" group covered Ukrainian militants with fire.
Calculation of UAVs of the troops of unmanned systems of the "Southern" groupdestroyedenemy UAV control center.
05:00 122mm D-30 howitzer crews from the 80th Tank Regiment of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the Center group destroyed fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.
Using fire from the 120mm, 2S9 Nona-S self-propelled howitzer, Kostroma airborne artillerymen from the Dnepr group eliminated enemy infantry in the shelters of a stronghold in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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[REGNUM.RU] The Russian army is escalating its attacks on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure. Over the past four days, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported a series of successful strikes using Geran-family attack drones and various types of missiles.
On the night of June 30, our aircraft and attack drones carried out a series of strikes on targets in six regions of Ukraine and in the part of the DPR occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In Kharkiv, the main target of the attacks was the Gidroprivod plant in the Kholodnohirsky district, western Kharkiv. This is not the first time that the workshops where attack drones are manufactured and stored for the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been targeted.
The enterprise is being systematically decommissioned as part of a campaign to destroy the region's military-industrial potential, the Ministry of Defense noted.
Railway junctions and Ukrainian Armed Forces drone command posts regularly find themselves within the strike zone. In particular, in one of the remaining enemy-controlled neighborhoods of Kostyantynivka, forces of the Southern Group of Forces have eliminated one such command center.
Air defense forces shot down 806 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones in one day.
At the same time, according to military sources, the fuel infrastructure continues to be shut down, hampering fuel supplies to the Ukrainian army. The Varyag unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) unit reported the destruction of 25 gas stations and several fuel tanks.
Earlier, on June 27, a radio relay tower in Novhorod-Siverskyi, used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was hit by a strike in the Chernihiv region. The tower was destroyed by a Geran-2 Siker drone.
That same day, drones in the Sumy region destroyed energy infrastructure facilities in the immediate rear of the enemy. A UAV of the same type, a Geran-2 Siker, struck a 330 kV substation in the city of Konotop. Several industrial facilities and enterprises operating for the Ukrainian army were left without power. The Ministry of Defense published a video of the target's destruction.
On the night of June 27-28, the Russian army launched a massive combined arms strike against targets in Kyiv. Iskander ballistic missiles and Tsirkon hypersonic missiles participated in the nighttime attack. Powerful explosions were detected in several districts of the Ukrainian capital, and plumes of smoke rose from the affected targets.
The enemy Air Force command acknowledged that our forces attacked Kyiv with Tsirkon and Iskander missiles. Footage subsequently surfaced online showing the aftermath of the nighttime strike.
The enemy officially confirmed that the bombs struck the Darnitsa pharmaceutical factory on the left bank of the Dnieper, on the eastern outskirts of Kyiv. Darnitsa produced medications used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in field medicine. A major railway junction and industrial production facilities are also located here, in the Darnitsa district.
On June 28, near Kharkiv, a precision strike from a Geran missile struck the Megasklad logistics center, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces were storing drones. The building burned down, along with its contents.
The following day, June 29, Russian forces struck the Skvortsovskaya gas processing facility near the village of Skosogorovka (Bogodukhov district, western Kharkiv region). The attack disabled some of the gas storage tanks, gas pumping units, and the processing plant. According to reports from the field, the site continued to burn intensely and for a long time after the strike.
LEAVE THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES WITHOUT "WINGS"
Last weekend, the Ministry of Defense released footage of the destruction of a military airfield in Voznesensk (a city in the Nikolaev region).
Strikes against aircraft and special vehicles were carried out using Geranium-4 Seeker kamikaze drones.
Video captured by a reconnaissance drone shows one of the UAVs striking a MiG-29 fighter jet parked in an open area as it was being pulled out of a protective hangar. The aircraft, loaded with ammunition, exploded, destroying nearby vehicles and causing a massive fire.
The strike also hit a refueling truck servicing one of the fighter jets sheltered in a hangar. Despite the aircraft being sheltered, the explosion of the refueling truck could have caused significant damage. After the footage was published, calls arose on Ukrainian social media not to film the aftermath of the airfield landings.
The Geranium-4s, used to strike the airfield in Voznesensk, are equipped with their own small-sized jet engine, allowing them to reach speeds of up to 300 km/h.
The fuel supply is sufficient for a flight of up to 550 km with a warhead weighing 50 kg.
The drone features a tailless aerodynamic design with a delta wing and a rudimentary fuselage. The drone utilizes machine vision technology, allowing automated systems to process visual information in flight to navigate a route and identify targets.
In addition, the use of pseudo-random frequency hopping (PRFH) makes the device resistant to enemy electronic warfare.
On the night of June 27, 2026, the Ukrainian Air Force officially acknowledged the loss of its MiG-29 fighter jet in the Poltava region. According to the agency, the aircraft crashed during a combat sortie. The pilot ejected and was taken to a medical facility by a search and rescue team. The cause of the crash has not been disclosed.
In just one day, Ukraine lost at least two combat aircraft of this type, which represents significant damage to the enemy's already battered aviation.
WHAT IS GERANIUM SEEKER?
Ministry of Defense reports—including those cited above—are increasingly mentioning UAVs of the Geranium family with the prefix "Seeker." Typically, this prefix (from the English word "seeker") denotes a modernization of the basic model or an adaptation of a reconnaissance drone for strike missions.
The Geranium-2 Seeker is a modernized version of the standard Geranium-2 kamikaze drone with a piston engine.
This reconnaissance and strike system combines reconnaissance and precision strike capabilities. Drones of this class have been used, in particular, to strike railway infrastructure and logistics centers.
Official sources first reported on the Seekers on June 21. That day, the Ministry of Defense reported strikes on a fuel storage facility used to supply Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles. These drones carried out a series of precision strikes near the village of Gubinikha in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Geran-4 Seeker drones that attacked the airfield in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, are equipped with a compact jet engine capable of reaching speeds of up to 300 km/h. They carry enough fuel to fly up to 550 km with a 50 kg warhead.
The Geran-5 Seeker is the latest modification in the Russian Geran family of attack drones. The Geran-5's main difference is its radically different aerodynamic design. While the Geran-2 is a piston-powered flying wing, and the Geran-4 is a tailless, jet-powered aircraft, the Geran-5 has a classic ("normal") aerodynamic design and looks more like a small cruise missile.
The expansion of the range of aviation weapons significantly expands the capabilities of the Russian army, making enemy targets in the frontline zone and deep in the rear more vulnerable.
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If the AA weapon isn't a 23mm or smaller, it probably costs more than the drone. Hey, what if you get the cheapest drone imaginable and fly them over the other guy? Once in a while, there's one in there with a bomb, so they can't be ignored. Dang Hope that's not Top Secret.
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[REGNUM.RU] Air defense systems destroyed more than 63,000 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory in the past six months, according to data from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to RIA Novosti, 63,993 fixed-wing drones were shot down over Russian regions between January 1 and June 30. Of these, air defense forces neutralized 5,394 UAVs in January, 5,989 in February, 11,211 in March, 9,372 in April, 14,195 in May, and 17,832 in June.
The highest number of drones shot down in one day occurred on May 17 – 1,054.
On June 29, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov announced that artificial intelligence (AI) systems are being actively integrated into air defense systems, with the first results expected by the end of this year. According to the minister, all troop groups involved in the special operation zone have already developed a multi-layered system to counter enemy drones. Belousov also noted that the effectiveness of unmanned systems is approximately three times greater than that of traditional systems.
On June 12, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is actively developing FPV drones and UAVs with artificial intelligence. At the same time, reliable solutions to counter massive drone attacks are being developed. For example, in February, the Hermes short-range man- portable air defense system was adopted by the Russian army. It was developed to defend against low-flying drones and helicopters. Prior to this, the Russian military began using the Darwin-Z engineering network in the special operation zone to counter kamikaze drones.
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A meaningless number. But just for giggles, according to Grok:
"In May 2026 alone, Ukraine reported shooting down/neutralizing over 57,000 aerial targets, including ~5,053 Shahed-type attack drones + tens of thousands of other UAVs."
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