Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 June 2025 – present)

This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 1 June 2025 to the present day.

Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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 rural settlements of Zoria [uk], 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 [uk] in Sumy Oblast.[10]

Russia and Ukraine held their second round of peace negotiations for 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey.[11]

3 June

Six 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 village of Andriivka [uk] 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]

The SBU arrested a 42 year old conscript in Kharkiv who was leaking intelligence to Russian forces and planning to defect.[19]

4 June

In the Sumy direction, Russian forces claimed to have taken the settlements of Varachyne [uk] and Yablunivka [uk], while geolocated footage confirmed Russian control over Vodolahy.[20]

Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) said it hacked the Tupolev design bureau's server, stealing some 4.4 gigabytes of data before replacing its webpage with an "image of an owl clutching a Russian aircraft".[21]

5 June

 
Kherson Oblast State Administration, destroyed by bombing on 5 June

Five people were killed in a Russian drone attack in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast.[22] The Kherson Oblast State Administration [uk] building in Kherson city was partially destroyed in a Russian airstrike.[23]

Ukrainian missiles struck a base in Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast, destroying an Iskander launcher and damaging two others.[24] According to Astra, 8 Russian soldiers were killed in the attack.[25]

Russian forces claimed to have developed a FPV drone with a 50 kilometre range, using a fibre optic cable spool weighing less than 4 kilograms.[26]

Poland's Central Investigation Bureau of Police executed a search warrant on a building in the village of Laszki, following a report from concerned locals, finding "several" air defence systems and ammunition destined for Ukraine abandoned and unguarded in a warehouse.[27]

Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Novokostiantynivka [uk] in Sumy Oblast.[28]

6 June

 
NASA's FIRMS detected fire on 5 June 2025 23:41:00 (UTC) at the "Progress" plant, Michurinsk
 
NASA's FIRMS detected fire at an Engels fuel depot on 6 June 2025 01:24:00 (UTC)

Six people were killed in Russian airstrikes on Kyiv.[29]

An oil refinery in Engels, Saratov Oblast, caught fire after a drone attack. The local governor reported a fire at an "industrial enterprise". The Russian MoD claimed 174 Ukrainian drones intercepted over Crimea and 12 Russian regions.[30] Ukrainian drones also struck the defense plant "Progress" in Michurinsk, the fuel depot of the Engels-2 air base, Dyagilevo air base and Bryansk Airport.[31] Russian media channel Astra reported an Mi-8 was destroyed while an Mi-35 was damaged.[32]

The Ukrainian Air Force stated that the Russian Aerospace Forces started using Tu-160 bombers to launch cruise missiles due to the loss of Tu-95 bombers from Operation Spider's Web.[33]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Andriivka [uk] in the Sumy direction and the villages of Vesele [uk] and Fedorivka [uk], south of Komar. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces took the village of Novoserhiivka, northeast of Novopavlivka.[34]

The National Guard of Russia claimed that it killed a man attempting to target a military site in Ryazan Oblast with an FPV drone.[35]

7 June

Five people were killed in Russian airstrikes on Kharkiv,[36] while two others were killed in separate attacks in Kherson.[37] One person was killed in a separate attack in Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[38]

A Russian Su-35 was shot down over Kursk Oblast, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.[39]

The Azot Chemical Plant in Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast was struck by Ukrainian drones. Some eight explosions were heard by locals, a fire broke out and flights to Kaluga Airport were restricted temporarily.[40]

Ukrainian drones struck a bitumen plant in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, starting a fire of some 200 cubic meters.[41]

Canada announced an aid package worth $25.5 Million USD which includes Bison and Coyote armoured vehicles, ammunition, and electronic warfare systems.[42][43]

8 June

Russian Railways' website was shut down by a cyber attack conducted by the HUR.[44]

Ukrainian drones destroyed a Russian Buk-M3 missile system.[45]

US President Donald Trump redirected 20,000 anti-drone missiles meant for Ukraine to American forces in the Middle East.[46]

Russian forces claimed that elements of the 90th Tank Division had entered Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for the first time in an offensive.[47] Major Andrii Kovalev, a spokesman for Ukraine's General Staff denied that Russian forces had any presence in the oblast.[48]

9 June

Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange as part of an agreement reached during the 2 June peace negotiations in Istanbul.[49]

Four Ukrainian HIMARS rockets reportedly struck a Russian duty station in Rylsk, Kursk Oblast. The Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein claimed a "cultural and recreational center" was hit by a Ukrainian missile, killing one person in Prigorodnaya Slobodka.[50][51]

Ukrainian drones struck the Savasleyka air base in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, reportedly damaging a MiG-31 and a Sukhoi.[52] Ukrainian drones also attacked a factory that produced parts for Shahed drones in Cheboksary. According to Astra a fire broke out and the plant was temporarily closed.[53]

The Institute for the Study of War assessed that Russian forces had entered Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[54]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Krasne Pershe [uk] in eastern Kharkiv Oblast.[55]

10 June

 
Building in Odesa after the attack

Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv and Odesa.[56]

The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Belgorod city.[57]

The Russian Defence Ministry claimed to have shot down 102 Ukrainian drones over several regions. The drones targeted Shahed assembly plants in Nizhnekamsk and Yelabuga. Astra reported locals heard explosions while flights from airports in Nizhnekamsk, St Petersburg and Moscow were canceled temporarily.[58]

HUR soldiers, with support from other units, ambushed Russian forces near Kupiansk, claiming to have killed 30 Russian soldiers, wounded over 40 and capturing two while destroying various fortifications.[59]

Russia and Ukraine conducted a second prisoner exchange as part of an agreement reached during the 2 June peace negotiations in Istanbul.[60]

A Ukrainian military observer reported that Ukrainian forces retook the villages of Vesele [uk] and Fedorivka [uk], south of Komar.[55]

11 June

Three people were killed in a Russian drone attack on Kharkiv.[61]

A gunpowder factory in Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast was struck by Ukrainian drones as locals heard "multiple explosions" while a large fire broke out. The local governor, Yevgeny Pervyshov, said that the attack did not produce casualties. TASS said the drone attack was repelled, but a fire was caused by "Russian air defense systems".[62]

The bodies of 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were returned by Russia.[63] A few days later, during the identification process in Ukraine, some of these bodies were identified as being the remains of Russian soldiers.[64]

The FSB claimed to have arrested an alleged Ukrainian agent on suspicion of plotting to assassinate a Russian war veteran using a car bomb in Veliky Novgorod.[65]

12 June

Ukrainian drones struck the Rezonit plant producing Russian military equipment in the Zubovo technopark, Moscow Oblast.[66] The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that one person was killed in a drone attack in Borisovka.[67]

Russia and Ukraine conducted a third prisoner exchange as part of an agreement reached during the 2 June peace negotiations in Istanbul.[68]

Atesh claimed to have killed several Russian soldiers in an attack on a military truck near Melitopol.[69]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Hryhorivka, northeast of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast.[70]

13 June

The bodies of 1,200 Ukrainians were returned by Russia as part of an agreement reached during the 2 June peace negotiations in Istanbul.[71]

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Koptieve, northeast of Pokrovsk and Komar.[72]

Buturlinovka Air Base in Voronezh Oblast was attacked by a Ukrainian drone. Local witnesses reported 15 blasts from within the airbase's perimeter.[73]

14 June

Ukrainian drones struck the JSC NNK plant in Samara Oblast which produced explosives for the Russian military, and the Nevinnomyssk plant in Stavropol Krai, which made components for "explosives, ammunition, and rocket fuel".[74]

Russia and Ukraine conducted a fourth prisoner exchange as part of an agreement reached during the 2 June peace negotiations in Istanbul.[75] The bodies of 1,200 Ukrainians were also repatriated as part of the agreement.[76]

The Ukrainian Sapsan ballistic missile entered serial production.[77]

A Ukrainian military observer reported that Russian forces retook Fedorivka [uk], south of Komar. Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Horikhove [uk], east of Novopavlivka.[78]

HUR agents sabotaged a power substation in Kaliningrad by draining the coolant out of the turbine resulting in a fire, causing an estimated over $5 million damage. Several nearby enterprises and military facilities experienced a power outage.[79]

Dmitriy Kurashov's trial commenced in Zaporizhzhia, the first trial involving a Russian soldier killing a Ukrainian POW, Vitalii Hodniuk in January 2024. Ukrainian authorities claimed to have identified the execution of 124 Ukrainian POWs by Russian soldiers.[80]

A Ukrainian HIMARS strike hit a Russian convoy in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast. Local sources reported several destroyed buses and “a large number of dead and wounded”. [81]

15 June

One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.[82]

The head of Tatarstan claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Yelabuzhsky District.[83] The drones struck a Russian drone testing and production factory, according to the Ukrainian General Staff.[84]

The bodies of 1,200 Ukrainians were repatriated as part of an agreement reached during the 2 June peace negotiations in Istanbul.[85]

Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Mala Korchakivka [uk] in the Sumy direction.[86]

16 June

Drones attacked Oryol city, with residents hearing explosions near an oil depot. The local governor claimed that eleven drones were "intercepted and destroyed" over Oryol Oblast.[87] In Kursk Oblast, the regional governor claimed that one person was killed in a drone strike in Goncharovka.[88]

The bodies of 1,245 Ukrainian soldiers were repatriated as part of an agreement reached during the 2 June peace negotiations in Istanbul.[89] However, Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko claimed that some of the remains brought to Ukraine in recent repatriations were actually of Russian soldiers, whether "intentionally" or reflecting "habitual disregard for their own people."[90]

Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Novomykolaivka [uk] at the border of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[91]

17 June

 
Residential building in Kyiv after the attack

At least 30 people were killed and 172 injured in a Russian air attack on Kyiv.[92] Two people were killed in a drone attack on Odesa.[93]

The FSB claimed to have arrested a man in Kerch on suspicion of spying for Ukraine.[94]

Ten explosions were heard in Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast, during a drone strike.[95]

Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces entered the village of Serebrianka, northeast of Siversk.[96]

Canada announced an aid package to Ukraine worth $4.3 billion.[97]

18 June

Ukraine’s 225th Separate Assault Regiment attacked the command post of Russia’s 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment near the village of Andriyivka, in Sumy Oblast some five kilometres from the Russian border. During the attack, the regiment claimed to have killed Russian Major Andrey Yartsev and seized documents. Images of some of the documents were uploaded to the regiment's Telegram account.[98]

The HUR claimed the assassination of the Russian-installed deputy-mayor of Berdiansk, Mykhailo Hrytsai with a silenced PM pistol. The HUR claimed that he had built torture chambers to suppress the local population.[99]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Dovhenke [uk], north of Dvorichna.[100] Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Stupochky [uk], south of Chasiv Yar.[101]

19 June

Ukrainian drones struck Volgograd, shutting down operations at airports in Volgograd, Saratov and Kaluga. The Russian MoD claimed that some 81 drones were shot down over some 10 regions from Crimea to Moscow. No casualties or damage was reported.[102][103]

Russia and Ukraine conducted a fifth prisoner exchange as part of an agreement reached during the 2 June peace negotiations in Istanbul.[104]

Zelenskyy appointed Brigadier General Hennadii Shapovalov as commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.[105]

A Ukrainian court sentenced Arkady Gostev, the head of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, to 10 years' imprisonment in absentia for the establishment of torture facilities in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast.[106]

20 June

One person was killed in a Russian drone attack on Odesa.[107]

Russia and Ukraine conducted a sixth prisoner exchange as part of an agreement reached during the 2 June peace negotiations in Istanbul.[108]

The HUR released a recorded phone call in which Russian soldiers talked about a missing comrade being eaten by a fellow soldier, citing it as evidence of cannibalism in the Russian army.[109]

The SBU arrested a Ukrainian army deserter who had been recruited by the FSB and set fire to several military vehicles in exchange for rewards. It also found a Makarov handgun and 50 cartridges in a cache in connection to the arrest as part of an assassination plot against an FSB target in Kyiv.[110]

The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces took the village of Myrove [uk], northeast of Kupiansk.[111]

21 June

Russian forces claimed to have taken the village of Oleksandro-Kalynove [uk], west of Toretsk.[112] Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the village of Zaporizhzia [uk], south of Novopavlivka and Shevchenko [uk], west of Velyka Novosilka.[113] Geolocated footage showed that Ukrainian forces retook the town of Andriivka in Sumy Oblast.[114]

HUR drones struck a Russian fuel train in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, with photos posted online showing a break in the railway line.[115]

The SBU arrested a Ukrainian serviceman accused of passing on the location of Neptune missile batteries.[116]

22 June

A Ukrainian training ground was struck by an Iskander-M missile, killing three people.[117][118]

The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces captured the village of Hrekivka in Luhansk Oblast.[119] Geolocated footage showed that Russian forces took the villages of Komar and Perebudova in Donetsk Oblast.[120]

23 June

Nine people were killed in a Russian air attack on Kyiv,[121] while two others were killed in a separate attack in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.[122]

The Atlas plant of Rosrezerv in Rostov was attacked by Ukrainian drones. The Russian MoD only reported a fire had broken out in the Kamensky district while heat was detected by NASA FIRMS satellites.[123]

The bodies of three Russians misidentified as Ukrainian soldiers killed in action were repatriated after they were sent to Ukraine during a previous exchange of war dead with Russia.[124]

The SBU claimed to have foiled two assassination attempts against President Zelenskyy by the FSB. One involved a colonel assigned to protect Zelenskyy. The second involved a “sleeper agent” in Poland that was to take place at Rzeszów Airport; the SBU worked with Poland’s Internal Security Agency.[125]

24 June

Nineteen people were killed in Russian missile attacks on Dnipro and Samarske,[126] while three others were killed in a Russian drone attack near Verkhnia Syrovatka, Sumy Oblast.[127]

Russia accused Ukraine of setting fire to an apartment block in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast following a drone attack, injuring two people.[128]

25 June

In Crimea, explosions were reported in Dzhankoi, Kerch and near Cape Chauda, local air defences were active as well.[129]

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