Ukraine launches what appears to be one of its largest drone attacks against Russia: report

As the brutal warfare betwixt the 2 nations continues to rage, Ukraine conducted a important nighttime battle against a twelve Russian regions, Russian-held Crimea arsenic good arsenic the surrounding seas, Russia's Ministry of Defense indicated connected Friday, according to The Associated Press, which reported that the effort appeared to beryllium 1 Ukraine's largest drone attacks since Russia's full-scale penetration respective years ago.

The ministry reported that the country's aerial defenses intercepted a whopping 660 Ukrainian drones, according to the outlet, which noted that the anterior largest Ukrainian battle during the past twelvemonth included 556 drones past period connected May 17.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin indicated that 47 Ukrainian drones were taken retired arsenic they headed for the superior city, according to the report.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures during his gathering with Britain's Prime Minister connected the sideline of the G7 summit, successful Evian, eastbound France, connected June 16, 2026. (Isabel Infantes / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The AP reported that Ukraine's aerial unit indicated that the nation's defenses stopped 174 of 189 Russian drones overnight, though 4 retired of 7 Iskander-M ballistic missiles breached aerial defenses and deed assorted places.

But adjacent arsenic the years-long warfare betwixt the 2 countries drags on, the bitter enemies engaged successful a captive swap, according to the AP, which reported that officials said 160 individuals from each broadside were going location connected Friday.

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In this excavation photograph distributed by the Russian authorities bureau Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council gathering via videolink successful Moscow connected June 25, 2026. (Pavel Byrkin / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted successful a Friday station connected X, "We proceed bringing Ukrainians location from Russian captivity. Today, 160 servicemembers were released from captivity. All of them had been held captive since 2022."

"Among those released contiguous are servicemembers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Special Transport Service, National Guard warriors, and borderline guards. They defended Ukraine successful Mariupol and astatine Azovstal, arsenic good arsenic successful the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy sectors," helium continued.

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Trucks are engulfed by fume from a occurrence astatine a parking batch successful Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, connected June 25, 2026. (Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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"I convey our full team, which works each time to bring our radical back. Special gratitude to each our units connected the frontline who replenish Ukraine’s 'exchange fund' and, done their courage, marque it imaginable for america to bring radical home. We retrieve everyone who remains successful captivity. We are checking each name. We indispensable bring everyone backmost – some subject unit and civilians," Zelenskyy added.

The Associated Press contributed to this report