Ukrainian air defenses successfully intercepted 35 of the 53 missiles and 46 of the 47 attack drones launched by Russia overnight on June 1, the country’s Air Force reported.
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Russia executed a large-scale assault on multiple regions using Shahed-type drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles, resulting in damage to energy infrastructure.

Moscow’s forces reportedly launched 35 Kh-101/555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 bombers over the Caspian Sea, alongside four Iskander-M ballistic missiles and one Iskander-K cruise missile from occupied Crimea.

Additionally, Russian forces fired 10 Kalibr cruise missiles from the northeastern Black Sea, three Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles from occupied territories in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and 47 Shahed-type drones from Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, according to the Air Force.
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Ukraine’s air defenses managed to shoot down 30 Kh-101/555 missiles, four Kalibr missiles, one Iskander-K missile, and 46 drones.

Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko confirmed that energy infrastructure in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts was targeted by Russian forces. Restoration and emergency workers are currently on the scene, assessing the damage.

This attack is the latest in a series of Russian aerial strikes aimed at Ukraine’s energy grid, which has been heavily targeted since the spring.

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