Exchange of attacks with drones and missiles between Russia and Ukraine intensifies the conflict in Eastern Europe
Russia performed an air strike against the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Sunday night (8.Jun.2025), according to the Military Administration of the Ukrainian capital in publication on Telegram.
Kiev authorities reported that 479 drones and 19 missiles launched by Russia were destroyed by the Ukrainian air defenses. As reported by the Ukrainian Air Force, there was material damage because of the fall of debris. One person was injured in the Rivne region in the northwest of the country.
Already the Russian Defense Ministry reported that 49 Ukrainian drones were destroyed during Sunday night. “Last night, the Kiev regime attempts to carry out terrorist attacks using 49 aircraft drones directed against targets located in the Russian federation territory were frustrated”Wrote the ministry, specifying that“13 drones were destroyed in the territories of Kursk and Nizhny Novgorod, 9 in the territories of Voronezh and Orjol, 2 in the territories of Bryansk and Chuvashia and 1 in the Belgorod region”.
In the early hours of Saturday (7.Jun), the Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged attacks of great intensity. The Russian Army and drones against the city of Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine. According to local authorities, 3 people died and 22 others were injured.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov classified the bombing as “The most powerful attackAlready registered in the city since the beginning of the war in February 2022. In a 90 -minute break, Russian forces launched almost 50 drones, 2 missiles and 4 planting bombs against the city. Residents said they had heard approximately 40 explosions during the attack.
In response, Ukraine carried out drone attacks on Russian territory, leaving at least two injured in Moscow, according to Russian state press.
Ukrainian attack with drones
The Russian offensive took place 1 week after Ukraine had 41 military aircraft in a drone attack that caused estimated damage to $ 7 billion.
The attack was done against 4 Russian air bases and the operation of the operation, called was started more than 1 year ago.
To perform the offensive, Ukraine transported drones loaded with explosives to Russian territory using trucks. The devices were hidden on the ceiling of Russian containers and camouflaged between wood panels to avoid detected.
The containers, with the drones already installed, were taken by trucks to areas near the perimeter of the Russian air bases. There they remained disguised until the moment of the attack. At the moment of the offensive, a remote mechanism called on the opening of the containers ceiling, releasing the drones. As soon as they left, they went towards the targets.
The planning of the attack would have been supervised by President Volodymyr Zelensky himself.
