US EditionRussia Shatters Drone Record, Launches 472 UAVs at Ukraine Night Before Kyiv's Strike on Russian Airfields
- On the night of May 31, 2025, Russian forces launched a record 472 Shahed-type attack drones and several missiles against Ukraine across multiple regions.
- The strike exceeded Russia’s previous drone record by over 100 drones and occurred just before Ukraine’s coordinated 'Operation Spider Web' targeting Russian airbases.
- Ukraine’s air defenses intercepted 210 drones by direct fire and jammed 172 through electronic warfare during attacks on 18 sites across seven regions including Kharkiv and Donetsk.
- Ukraine’s 'Operation Spider Web' reportedly damaged more than 40 Russian aircraft at four airfields, causing about $7 billion in damage and disabling 34 percent of cruise missile carriers.
- The attacks escalated as Ukrainian and Russian representatives prepared to reconvene for their second round of negotiations in Istanbul on June 2, where Moscow intends to outline its ceasefire proposals.
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Russia shatters drone record, launches 472 UAVs at Ukraine night before Kyiv's strike on Russian airfields
Russia launched a record number of drones at Ukraine in a mass overnight aerial attack, Ukraine's Air Force reported the morning of June 1. Russia attacked Ukraine during the night with 472 Shahed-type attack drones, breaking its previous record — set just last week on May 26 — by over 100 drones. In addition to nearly 500 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Moscow also targeted Ukraine with three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and four Kh-10…
On the night of June 1, 2025, the Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 479 means of air attack.
Ukraine said today that its territory was targeted by 472 Russian drones overnight, a record number since the Russian invasion began. This is taking… Ukraine: Record number of 472 Russian drones targeted Ukrainian territory overnight - NAVY
Russia launched its most extensive drone attack against Ukraine since the start of the war on Sunday night, Yuri Ihnat, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, announced. It sent 472 drones and seven missiles and cruise missiles over Ukrainian territory. Eighteen sites were hit. Zaporizhia reports several injuries. During the day, the Russians killed two people in Kherson.
Ukraine said today that it had been targeted by 472 Russian drones overnight, the most since the start of the war. At least twelve people were killed and more than 60 were wounded in a Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian army training unit, the Ukrainian military said, according to foreign agencies, without disclosing where the attack took place.
The Russian military carried out an attack on Ukraine using 472 Shahed-class UAVs and various types of decoy drones, three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and four Kh-101 and Iskander-K cruise missiles. **This is one of the largest, if not the largest, attacks on Ukraine in terms of the number of Shahed and similar drones used**.
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