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In the early hours of April 29, 2025, Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged waves of drone attacks against each other’s territories, marking one of the largest aerial exchanges in recent days. The strikes targeted military-industrial sites, airfields, and frontline positions, underscoring the intensifying drone warfare as both sides prepare for a three-day ceasefire set to begin on May 8.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported intercepting 37 Russian Geran-type drones and 47 decoy UAVs, out of 100 UAVs launched from Russian territory, including Kursk, Millerovo, Orel, Bryansk, and Crimea. The strikes primarily targeted Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kyiv regions, with Ukrainian mobile fire teams and electronic warfare systems engaging the drones.
Despite Ukraine’s claims of high interception rates, Russian drones were recorded heavily damaging critical infrastructure. Over the past day alone, Russian strikes were recorded in:
- Donbass
- Sumy region
- Kharkiv region
- Zaporozhie region
- Kherson region
- Chernomorsk, Vilkovo in Odessa region
- Cherkassy region
- Kyiv, Vyshgorod in Kyiv region
- Dnipro, Sinelnikovo, Pavlograd in Dnipropetrovsk region
- Kremenchug, Mirgorod, Globino in Poltava region.
The capital of Ukraine came under a series of Russian strikes. Explosions thundered in the industrial zone of Kyiv, as well as in the towns on the outskirts of the city.
The satellite imagery revealed a major fire at a former missile and artillery base in Kehychivka in Kharkiv region, where explosions lit up an 800-square-meter area. Local officials confirmed the attack, suggesting the former military site was actively used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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On April 28th, Russian Iskander-M missile struck the port city of Chernomorsk (Ilyichevsk), while Geran-2 drones struck the area of Vylkove on the Danube River.
According to local reports, the towns of Myrhorod and Globino in the Poltava region, where Ukrainian airbases are located, also came under attacks on April 28th, while heavy drone strikes pounded the airfield in Cherkassy. LINK
In their turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue attempts to attack Russian rear regions. According to the Ministry of the Russian Federation, in total, 91 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in nine rear regions and over the Black Sea by Russian air defense at night. Most of them, 40 UAVs were intercepted in the border Kursk region. According to local reports, drones targeted the area of Obninsk, where the former nuclear power plant is located. 12 UAVs targeted the rear Oryol region, 11 UAVs – Ryazan region, 8 UAVs – Nizhny Novgorod region etc. No significant damage was reported as a result of the repelled attack.
The strikes come just days before Russia’s proposed 72-hour truce for Victory Day celebrations. Ukraine has dismissed the offer as insufficient, demanding a 30-day ceasefire instead. However, Moscow has accused Kyiv of violating past truces, citing hundreds of breaches during the Easter ceasefire on the Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Orikhiv fronts. With the ceasefire looming, the coming days may see either a lull in fighting or a final surge of attacks before the temporary halt.
ceasefire my ass. russia should destroy whole nato other way this bs won’t ever finish.
ukraine giving russia like for like. ukraine cannot be defeated, 3 years russia is trying but the nato and eu and uk support stays strong. notice everytime zelensky meets with foreign leaders the russians increase attacks trying to send some kind of weak message but nobody is listening. now russia think they control the narrative declaring 3 day ceasefire hoping to say that ukraine violate and cannot be trusted…russian tricks to get sympathy.
alex bones reckons now india and paki are gonig to be a nuclear war any second now. i think he’s about as credible his brother joseph bogan. its all hype.
alex. skull and bones.
my enklish no gud cuz zelensky deport me to zambia…i very upset russia has humiliated all nato
give’em hell zelensky!!!
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