US EditionRussia Launches Largest Aerial Assault on Ukraine; F-16 Pilot Killed as Zelensky Urges U.S. Support
- Russia launched its largest aerial assault against Ukraine overnight on June 29-30, 2025, targeting multiple regions including western Ukraine.
- The attack followed brief and inconclusive peace talks in Istanbul and ongoing failed US-led efforts to end the war that began in February 2022.
- Russia fired 537 aerial weapons comprising 477 drones and decoys plus 60 missiles, while Ukraine shot down 249 and lost 226 likely due to electronic jamming.
- Ukrainian F-16 pilot Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Ustymenko died defending airspace after his jet was damaged, prompting President Zelenskyy to offer condolences and order an investigation.
- The intense assault and recent casualties underscore the prolonged conflict's severity and Ukraine's call for increased air defense and allied support to counter the escalating attacks.
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Russia Launches “Largest Aerial Assault” on Ukraine Since Full-Scale Invasion
Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight Sunday, in what Kyiv is calling Russia’s largest aerial assault since its full-scale invasion. The attacks killed at least four civilians and targeted regions far from the frontlines, including in western Ukraine, prompting Poland and its NATO allies to scramble jets along the border. Separately, Ukraine’s Air Force said a pilot died when his F-16 jet crashed. Meanwhile, Russia…
Another F-16 suffers a ‘sudden (hypersonic) technical malfunction’
On June 29, the Kiev regime confirmed earlier reports that one of its overhyped US-made F-16s was lost. It supposedly "crashed while repelling a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack, after shooting down seven air targets". The report states that "the fighter jet was damaged and lost altitude overnight". The pilot, 32-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Maksim
Russia Unleashes Largest Aerial Barrage Since Invasion, Ukraine Reports
from Your News: Moscow’s overnight strike—its largest of the war—devastates civilian areas and escalates drone warfare as diplomacy stalls. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom Russia executed its most extensive aerial attack on Ukraine since the war began, launching over 500 drones and missiles in a sweeping overnight operation that hit multiple regions, including areas far removed from the […]
Ukraine F-16 pilot killed in large-scale Russian attack, Zelenskiy calls for US help - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilot died in a crash while repelling a Russian air attack that involved hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles, authorities said on Sunday, as Moscow intensifies night-time air barrages in the fourth year of war.
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