In the post on the telegram, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that in a month they shot down a total of 4,750 air targets, including 159 maneuvering, ballistic and directed missiles.
In June, the Russians intensified attacks on Ukraine. Over the past week, they have fired over 114 missiles and 1270 drones of various types. Only on June 29, the Kremlin used over 500 weapons in the attack.
The Ukrainian Air Force gave a list of weapons captured within a month:
- 8 ballistic missiles KH-47 m2 Kindżał,
- 93 KH-101/KH-55SM maneuvering missiles,
- 14 ballistic missiles Iskander-M/KN-23,
- 12 caliber maneuvering missiles,
- 13 guided missiles KH-59/69,
- 27 Iskander-K maneuvering missiles,
- 2453 Shahid unmanned aerial vehicles,
- 659 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft,
- 1479 unmanned aircraft of other types.
The command of the Ukrainian Air Force announced that Within a month, his military aviation shot down 646 Russian air targets, compared to 365 in May and 326 in April. This shows both the severity of Russian air attacks and an increase in the number of warfare flights of the Ukrainian air forces.
In June, the Ukrainian air forces performed a total of 895 combat flights, using American f-16 fighters, French Mirage 2000, Soviet MIG 29 (Fulcrum) and helicopters to combat the oncoming maneuvering shells and shahid kamikaze drones. Ukrainian aircraft carried out over 220 mission of ground attack and air support, during which they hit command positions, logistics objects, as well as clusters of enemy staff and equipment.
These activities had their price. During the intensive attack of June 29, Lt. Col. Maksym Kądymenko died. Thus, he became the third Ukrainian F-16 pilot, who lost his life in battle, and his plane was the fourth of around 85 F-16 supplied by Kiev's allies. In addition to him, Lt. Col. Oleksii “Moonfish” died in the attacks, killed on August 26, 2024 and 26-year-old pilot Pawło Ivanov, who died during the combat mission on April 12, 2025.
