The Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk announced the successful repulsion of an air attack on the night of July 26, 2024.
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has identified 30 members of the command staff of the 112th Missile Brigade of the Russian Federation involved in the shelling of Sumy and Kharkiv regions. They are using Iskander missile systems to attack civilian targets.
In the morning of July 25, Russian troops attacked Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region with three UAVs. One person was injured, several houses and cars were damaged, and 3 people died in the region over the past day.
Russian troops conducted an air strike on the residential sector of the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv. The attack injured three people and damaged at least 6 buildings and other infrastructure.
A Russian missile attack on Lozova in Kharkiv region killed two men and wounded four others. According to preliminary data, the attack was carried out with Iskander missiles.
The enemy attacked Lozova and Kharkiv, launching rocket attacks on infrastructure and residential areas. There are casualties and search operations are underway. Authorities are preparing for possible power outages.
Russia conducted 2682 strikes in Donetsk region, attacking 7 settlements. Iskander, a bomb, and a drone were used, killing 3 people, wounding 6, and damaging 33 civilian objects.
As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 17 enemy UAVs were shot down. Most of them were shot down in Odesa region.
In Donetsk region, on July 23, enemy troops shelled the town of Lyman and Novohrodivska ATC, killing 2 civilians and injuring 6. A pre-trial investigation has been launched.
During the day, russian occupants shelled 4 districts of Kharkiv region. At least 9 civilians were injured, private houses and infrastructure were damaged.
Ukraine's air defense forces repelled a large-scale night attack, destroying 35 of 39 Russian Shahed drones. They also intercepted ballistic and airborne missiles in more than 10 regions of the country.
Russian troops attacked the Kharkiv region at night using Iskanders. Infrastructure, residential buildings, and grain storage facilities were damaged, killing two people and injuring three.
On the night of July 20, the Ukrainian Air Force shot down 13 enemy drones. Russia attacked 5 regions of Ukraine using ballistic and cruise missiles and drones.
In Ukraine, 4 enemy reconnaissance drones were destroyed in the south over the past day, and Russian troops attacked Kherson and Odesa regions with ballistic missiles.
At night, Russian troops launched a ballistic missile attack on Odesa region, and in the morning resumed air strikes with anti-aircraft missiles on Kherson region.
Overnight, 14 out of 20 Shahed attack drones launched by Russian troops were destroyed in the skies over Ukraine, the enemy attacked the port infrastructure of Odesa region with missiles, three enemy X-59/X-69 missiles and three attack drones did not reach their targets.
On July 9, Russian troops attacked Odesa region with a ballistic missile, probably an Iskander-M, and Ukrainian air defense destroyed five reconnaissance drones in the region.
Russia fired 38 missiles at Ukraine worth $200-250 million, and Ukrainian air defense shot down 30 missiles worth $160-200 million.
Ukrainian air defense forces shot down three Russian cruise missiles in Zhytomyr and Cherkasy regions overnight.
Overnight, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 13 attack drones in Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Poltava regions.
Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke about passive defense and why "not everything is so clear" with "losses" after Russian attacks.
Ukrainian air defense successfully shoots down 21 of 22 Russian Shahed attack drones launched at night from the Kursk region of Russia.
In the morning, one Iskander-K missile out of three launched by Russian troops, all of the four enemy X-59 missiles and all of the five Shahed drones, as well as one Orlan-10 drone were destroyed in the skies over Ukraine.
Thirty of the 84 apartments in a building in Kyiv's Obolon district were damaged by shrapnel during a Russian missile attack. One apartment was burned out and another was partially damaged, although the building's supporting structures remained intact.
Russians attacked Kyiv with Iskander-K cruise missiles on June 30, they were shot down, but the debris caused damage to infrastructure.
russian troops fired a ballistic missile with a cluster munition at Odesa region, causing a fire in a wheat field.
Russian forces fired 2,367 times in Donetsk region, damaging 60 civilian objects, including residential buildings, administrative buildings, cafes, shops, a bus station, cars and power lines.
Two men were wounded when Russian invaders fired at food depots in Kryvyi Rih with an Iskander-M ballistic missile.
The Air Force shot down 5 of the 9 missiles and all 27 unmanned aerial vehicles launched by Russia at night in several regions of Ukraine.
The Russians attacked the Odessa region with a ballistic missile from the occupied Crimea. In addition, during the day, the air defense of the south of Ukraine destroyed the Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone in Mykolaiv region and The Lancet strike drone in Kherson region.