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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,219: RU has launched 28,000+ Shahed drones since 2022 [1]

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Date: 2025-06-25

Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of June 24 and 25.

Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of June 24 and 25. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 71 Shahed and decoy drones from the directions of Bryansk and Kursk cities; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea.[90] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 32 Shahed drones and that 20 were ”lost” or suppressed by Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces struck Odesa, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv oblasts and damaged civilian infrastructure.[91]

The Russian MoD and Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces struck a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assembly and training ground at the Kramatorsk Airfield in Donetsk Oblast using Shahed drones.[92] ISW has recently observed reports that Russian forces are increasingly using long-range Shahed drones to strike areas closer to the frontline in addition to deep rear areas.[93]

Ukrainian officials reported that Russia’s missile strike against Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on June 24 killed 21 civilians and injured over 300.[94]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Russian forces have launched a total of 28,743 Shahed drones against Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, and 2,736 Shahed drones in June 2025 alone.[95]

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Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 32 Shahed drones and that 20 were ”lost” or suppressed by Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems

Ukrainian forces likely conducted a long-range strike against a Russian military industrial enterprise in Rostov Oblast on June 24. Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation Head Lieutenant Andriy Kovalenko, who often reports on successful Ukrainian drone strikes, reported that Ukrainian forces struck the Russian Atlant-Aero plant in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast.[29] Kovalenko reported that the Atlant-Aero plant specializes in producing critical Russian combat drone components and control systems, including “Orion” drones, electronic warfare (EW) systems, and digital integration for first-person view (FPV) drones and loitering munitions. Russian sources posted footage of explosions in Taganrog and claimed that Russian air defenses repelled a drone strike near Taganrog and other areas of Rostov Oblast overnight.[30]

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Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Moscow has launched 28,743 Shahed-type drones at Ukraine — with 2,736, or roughly 9.5%, fired in June 2025 alone

**General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine**

*Update as of 22:00 on 24.06.2025 on the Russian invasion*

Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely repel the enemy's attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting effective fire damage and exhaustion along the entire front line.

In total, 122 combat engagements have taken place since the beginning of the day.

Russian invaders launched three missile and 54 air strikes, used nine missiles and dropped 87 guided bombs. In addition, the Russians engaged 1,097 kamikaze drones and fired 4,587 times at Ukrainian troop positions and settlements.

- In the North Slobozhansky and Kursk sectors, our troops repelled one enemy attack since the beginning of the day, and the enemy also made 112 artillery attacks.

- In the South Slobozhansky sector, the enemy stormed the positions of our units seven times near the towns of Vovchansk and Kamianske, all of which were repelled. Vovchanske Khutory, Artilne and Zybyno were subjected to air strikes.

- In the Kupyansk sector, the enemy made five attacks on Ukrainian positions near Stepova Novoselivka, Kruhlyakivka and towards Pishchane and Kurylivka. One battle is still ongoing.

- In the Liman sector, Russian proxies have attacked 14 times since the beginning of the day near Kolodyazi, Torske, in the directions of Zelena Dolyna, Shandryholove, Hrekivka and Druzhelyubivka. Four firefights are ongoing.

- In the Siversky sector, our defenders repelled two enemy attacks in the area of Hryhorivka.

- Seven enemy attacks were repelled in the Kramatorsk sector - in the areas of Chasovyi Yar, Stupochky and in the direction of Bila Hora.

- In the Toretsk sector, Russians attacked the positions of the Defense Forces five times. The main efforts were concentrated near Toretsk, Nelipivka, in the direction of Rusyn Yar and Yablunivka. All enemy attacks were repelled.

- Since the beginning of the day, in the Pokrovsk sector, Russians have tried to break through our defenses 49 times in the areas of Malynivka, Myrne, Myroliubivka, Lysivka, Udachne, Chuhueve, Serhiivka, Novomykolaivka, Kotlyarivka, Oleksiivka, Dachne and towards Poltavka and Volodymyrivka. 13 firefights are ongoing.

Defense forces are holding back enemy attacks, and the enemy is suffering significant losses - 173 occupants were neutralized in this area today, 104 of them were killed irrevocably. Ten vehicles, two ATVs, two cannons, eight UAVs and one satellite communications terminal were also destroyed, and two vehicles, six cannons and one mortar were severely damaged.

- In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian troops stopped 13 enemy attacks near Vesele, Novosilka, Shevchenko, and Vilne Pole, as well as in the direction of Novopil, Zaporizhzhia, and Komar. Four more battles are ongoing.

- In the Huliaypillia sector, the enemy, with the support of aviation, made one attack on the positions of our defenders near Malynivka, which was unsuccessful.

- In the Orikhiv sector, the occupants unsuccessfully tried to advance four times in the vicinity of Kamianske.

- In the Prydniprovsky sector, the enemy attacked the positions of the Defense Forces three times, and also launched an air strike on the village of Odradokamyanka.

- The situation in other sectors did not change significantly.

**Today, it is worth mentioning the soldiers of the 34th separate coastal defense brigade and the 105th separate territorial defense brigade, who are effectively restraining the enemy, inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment.**

Glory to Ukraine!

Support the Ukrainian army!

Together we will win!

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