Here is how things stand on Sunday, June 29:
Fighting
- A Russian drone attack killed a teacher and her husband in Ukraine’s Odesa and injured 14 others, according to Ukrainian officials. The three critically wounded include a child.
- Two more deaths were reported due to another Russian attack on the villages of Kostiantynivka and Ivanopillia in eastern Donetsk on Friday, as stated by Governor Vadym Filashkin.
- Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Saturday night, with Mayor Vitali Klitschko advising residents to seek shelter from Russian drones targeting the city, according to Ukrinform.
- Russia’s Ministry of Defence claims control of the settlement of Chervona Zirka in Donetsk and has also taken the area between the Vovcha and Mokri Yaly rivers.
- Ukrainian top commander Oleksandr Syrskii stated on Telegram that while Russia’s military is advancing towards the key city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk, they have suffered significant losses without achieving much.
- A Ukrainian drone attack in Russia’s Glushkovo village in the Kursk region resulted in multiple injuries, including a traumatic brain injury to a 43-year-old man, as reported by TASS.
- The SBU security service of Ukraine claimed that special drones were used to attack the Kirovske military airfield in occupied Crimea, destroying three attack helicopters and an anti-aircraft missile system.
- Russia’s military announced the destruction of 64 Ukrainian drones over western Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea in a night and early Saturday operation.
Politics and diplomacy
- Polishing outgoing President Andrzej Duda, during his visit to Kyiv, urged Ukraine to have patience during the transition to his nationalist successor, Karol Nawrocki. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy assured reporters that he would invite Nawrocki to Ukraine once he takes office.
- Ruslan Stefanchuk, the Ukrainian Parliament’s speaker and chairperson, mentioned during Ukraine’s ongoing television broadcast that legislation is in preparation for post-war elections, as reported by Ukrinform.
