June 2025
1 June
Twelve Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 60 were wounded in a Russian missile attack on the 239th Polygon training ground north of Dnipro. The attack led to the resignation of Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi as Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces that same day. [1]
During the night between 31 May and 1 June, Russia launched a large-scale air attack on Ukraine, with 472 drones and seven missiles according to the Ukrainian Air Force. [2]
Atesh claimed to have destroyed a relay box on the Volnovakha-Mariupol railway in occupied Donetsk Oblast. [3]
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted Operation Spider's Web which they claimed destroyed "more than 40" Russian aircraft, including A-50s, Tu-95s and Tu-22 M3s at four airbases, including the Belaya air base in Irkutsk Oblast, more than 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) from the Ukrainian border, following a drone attack launched from within Russia, near each of the affected bases. [4] [5]
The number 68 Klimov-Moscow train was derailed when an "explosion" collapsed a railway bridge it was travelling on in Bryansk Oblast. According to Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz, one passenger was killed while 66 were injured with 47 being hospitalised. Russian Senator Andrey Klishas, chair of the Federation Council Committee on constitutional legislation and state construction, blamed Ukraine for the incident. Another bridge explosion in Kursk Oblast led to a train derailment that injured one worker according to the acting governor. [6]
Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the towns of Zoria , Dyliivka and Dachne, near Toretsk. [7]
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces captured the villages of Kindrashivka and Oleksiivka, Sumy Oblast. [8] [9]
2 June
DeepStateMap reported that Russian forces captured the village of Kostiantynivka in Sumy Oblast. [10]
Russia and Ukraine held their second round of peace negotiations for 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. [11]
3 June
Four people were killed in a Russian airstrike on Sumy. [12]
Russian-installed officials claimed that Ukrainian drone strikes on energy infrastructure caused widespread blackouts across Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts. [13]
The SBU carried out an attack on the Crimean Bridge. The attack targeted the underwater supports of the bridge, with the SBU stating that the bridge had been mined over several months by its agents. [14] [15]
Russian forces claimed to have taken the town of Andriivka in the Sumy direction and the village of Mykolaivka in the Pokrovsk direction. [16]
Zelenskyy appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi to become head of the Ukrainian military's Joint Forces Command. [17] Zelenskyy also removed Colonel Vadym Sukharevsky as commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces and replaced him with Major Robert Brovdi. [18]
4 June
In the Sumy direction, Russian forces claimed to have taken the towns of Varachyne and Yablunivka, while geolocated footage confirmed Russian control over Vodolahy. [19]
5 June
Five people were killed in a Russian drone attack in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast. [20]
