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Russia fires 130 Shahed drones in latest mass attack on Ukraine

Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine on Nov. 4, firing one Iskander-M ballistic missile, six S-300 surface-to-air missiles, and 130 Shahed-type attack drones, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

4 November 2025, 11:04 AM

Air Force explains failed intercepts of Russian ballistic missiles

Russia's massive overnight barrage on Ukraine involving over 700 missiles and drones targeted critical energy infrastructure but overwhelmed air defenses, allowing several ballistic missiles to strike, Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat told NV on Oct. 30.

30 October 2025, 07:06 PM

Russia launches 705-drone and missile strike on Ukraine, air defenses down 623

Russian forces launched a massive overnight strike against Ukraine’s critical infrastructure on Oct. 30, firing a mix of 705 drones and missiles from air, land, and sea, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

30 October 2025, 12:40 PM

Russia rains 433 missiles, drones across Ukraine

Russia carried out one of its largest combined air assaults on Ukraine overnight, targeting critical infrastructure across the country with hundreds of drones and missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram on Oct. 22.

22 October 2025, 01:35 PM

497 aerial weapons rain down on Ukraine, 420 eliminated — Air Force

Russian forces launched a massive combined strike against Ukraine, using a total of 497 aerial weapons, air defense managed to neutralize 420 of them, Air Force reported on Oct. 10.

10 October 2025, 11:18 AM

Russia modifies Kinzhal and Iskander missiles, Patriot defenses less effective in Ukraine

Months of devastating Russian strikes show Moscow has managed to modify its ballistic missiles to evade Ukrainian air defenses, the Financial Times reported, citing Western and Ukrainian officials.

3 October 2025, 05:31 PM

‘We must be ready’: Russia adapts ballistic missiles as Patriot defenses face new tests — expert

Russia has managed to modify its ballistic missiles so they sharply change course and dive at steeper angles to better counter Patriot air defense systems, the Financial Times reported, citing recent attacks.

2 October 2025, 02:34 PM

Russia’s Iskander strike kills WWII survivor, injures 10 others

An 88-year-old woman was killed and 10 others, including a child, were injured in a Russian Iskander-M missile strike on the town of Balakliya in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast late on Oct. 1, the Regional Prosecutor's Office reported on Telegram shortly after the attack.

2 October 2025, 08:58 AM

Ukraine confirms destruction of five vehicles and one Iskander launcher in Russia’s Kursk Oblast

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces destroyed Iskander missile systems of Russia’s 448th Missile Brigade in Kursk Oblast, the General Staff said on Sept. 26.

26 September 2025, 04:10 PM

Iskander missiles hit Ukrainian Army training site

Russia launched a combined strike on a Ukrainian Army training unit, killing and wounding personnel with weapons that included two Iskander ballistic missiles, the Ukrainian Ground Forces said on Sept. 24.

24 September 2025, 05:03 PM

Russia ends peace charade with direct attack on Ukrainian government - the Times

Putin’s growing confidence was on full display as Russia struck Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers — a move analysts see as the start of a new, more aggressive phase of the war, The Times wrote on Sept. 8.

9 September 2025, 11:25 AM

Russia protects arms plants from Ukrainian strikes while expanding industry – ISW

Russia is continuing to expand its defense industrial base and is taking measures to protect military enterprises from long-range Ukrainian strikes, the Institute for the Study of War reported on Sept. 9.

9 September 2025, 10:46 AM

Russian missile that hit Ukraine cabinet packed with Western tech

The Russian Iskander missile, part of which hit Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers building, contained more than three dozen foreign components, including ones made in the United States, Britain, Japan, and Switzerland, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the president’s sanctions policy representative, reported on Facebook late on Sep. 8.

9 September 2025, 10:46 AM

Iskander cruise missile hit Cabinet building on Sept. 7

The Sept. 7 Russian air strike on Kyiv targeted the Cabinet building with an Iskander cruise missile (not a Shahed drone as previously reported), head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, said on Sept. 8.

8 September 2025, 11:51 PM

Estonian rescuers aid Kyiv after Russian strike

Estonian rescuers visiting Kyiv joined efforts to respond to the aftermath of Russia’s overnight mass strike, an NV correspondent reported on Aug. 28.

28 August 2025, 01:38 PM

Russia hits 20 Ukrainian locations in overnight drone and missile barrage

Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine on Aug. 20, firing two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 93 Shahed-type strike drones, as well as various drone decoys, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

20 August 2025, 10:06 AM

Ukrainian Air Force: Russia fired 46 drones and missile overnight

Russian forces launched 46 Shahed attack and imitator drones and fired an Iskander-M ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported on Telegram on Aug. 5.

5 August 2025, 07:32 AM

Zelenskyy honors victims at site of Russian missile strike on nine-story building in Kyiv

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv that killed at least 31 people and injured 179, calling it one of the most brutal attacks on the capital on Aug. 1.

2 August 2025, 10:53 AM

Russia strikes Ukraine with 309 drones, 8 missiles, 291 targets neutralized

Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine with 317 air assault assets in the early hours of July 31, according to the Ukrainian Air Force’s post on Telegram.

31 July 2025, 10:50 AM

Russia’s stockpile of Iskander missiles nearly halved — Ukrainian intelligence

As of early July, Russia possesses roughly 300 ballistic missiles of the Iskander-M type and their North Korean equivalents, the KN-23, Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence said in a response to LIGA.net.

13 July 2025, 01:04 PM

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