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What happened on 28 September 2025 in the war?
Summary
A look back at a day of large-scale Russian air attacks on Ukraine and a Ukrainian missile strike on a power station in Belgorod.
What did the fighting look like on 28 September 2025? It was marked by a heavy Russian aerial assault on Ukraine and a Ukrainian strike on energy infrastructure inside Russia.
Russian forces launched more than 600 drones and dozens of cruise missiles at Ukraine that day, as reported at the time. The attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure killed at least four people and injured 70 others.
On the same day, a Ukrainian missile struck a power station in Belgorod, causing a massive power outage across the Russian city.
The two events showed both sides targeting energy and civilian infrastructure on 28 September 2025: Russia with a mass launch of drones and missiles across Ukraine, and Ukraine with a missile strike that left a Russian city without power.
