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What the 29 June 2025 air attack showed
Summary
A look back at the Russian strike that Ukraine described as the largest air attack of the war, and the infrastructure campaign behind it.
What did the Russian attack of 29 June 2025 reveal about the war's air campaign? Looking back from the covered date of 30 June 2025, the scale was the main point: Russian forces launched more than 500 drones and missiles at Ukraine, targeting critical infrastructure. At least 12 people were injured. Ukraine said it was the largest Russian air attack on the country since the start of the war.
A continuing pattern
The strike fitted a campaign that had run for years. Russia has launched waves of missile and drone strikes against energy in Ukraine as part of its invasion. From 2022 these strikes targeted civilian areas beyond the battlefield, particularly critical power infrastructure, which is considered a war crime.
The cumulative toll
The damage had been building. By mid-2024, Ukraine had only a third of its pre-war electricity generating capacity, and some gas distribution and district heating had also been hit. An attack of more than 500 drones and missiles, aimed at infrastructure, therefore landed on a system that had already been heavily degraded.
The figures from 29 June 2025 are the ones Ukraine reported: the number of weapons launched and at least 12 injured. Together they mark the attack as a significant escalation in the volume of weapons used in a single strike, within a campaign that had long aimed at the country's critical infrastructure.
