30 June 2025
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Russian strikes kill 32, including two children, and injure 159 peoppe in Kyiv overnight (updated)
Russia launched 309 drones and eight cruise missiles during the night, according to Ukraine's air force. And although officials say air defences did manage to destroy many of them, there were numerous hits, including from cruise missiles
Ukrainian parliament supported the return of NABU and SAP independence
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the bill into law
Russians damaged Kyiv’s main mosque in in a deadly overnight barrage
The Mission of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea reported that all the windows and doors in the mosque building were shattered. According to the mosque's mufti, Murat Suleymanov, a rocket landed just 50 meters from the structure, with falling debris causing additional destruction
Russians target aid queue in Kharkiv Oblast: five dead, four wounded
Investigation shows that at approximately 10:30 on July 29, the armed forces of the Russian Federation struck the village of Novoplatonivka in Borova hromada
Russians kill elderly man with drone in Kharkiv Oblast and injure another
Another man was injured, and medical personnel took him to the hospital, where they are providing all the treatment he needs
Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine kills 3, injures 19 passengers
The wounded and the remaining passengers have been evacuated to a secure area
Russia targeted Sumy-Kharkiv-Dnipro line, killing 2 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and injuring civilians in other regions
The Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported that Russians injured three people in the Shostka hromada in the Sumy Oblast this nigh
Russia strikes hospital in Kharkiv, killing one person and injuring at least six others
Terekhov confirmed that six people were known to be injured in the attack. He later added that the strike also damaged a private house near the medical facility
Ukraine refutes Russia’s claims of “fully processing” list of abducted children
Yermak highlighted that Ukraine has deliberately maintained restrained public commentary to preserve space for substantive dialogue and avoid politicizing the sensitive humanitarian track. However, the President's Office provided a detailed explanation, as Yermak outlined, due to the "distorted and manipulative nature" of certain Russian claims
China supplies Russian military with drone engines under guise of refrigerators – Reuters
An internal document from Kupol showed that the company signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense to produce more than 6,000 Garpiya-A1 this year, compared with 2,000 in 2024. The document states that Kupol had already delivered more than 1,500 drones by April
Ukraine proposes a leaders’ summit with Trump and Erdoğan by end of August, amidst direct talks with Russia in Istanbul
After the talks between the two countries, Russian propagandistic media, including pro-Kremlin Meduza, reported that Medinskyi announced that Ukraine and the Russian Federation's positions in the memorandum are "quite far from each other. Earlier, Volodymyr Zelenskyy called this document an ultimatum
Russian attack on civilian car in Kherson Oblast kills two, injures two
The attack killed two men aged 44 and 45 and injured an 83-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man, who were hospitalized with injuries of varying degrees of severity
Nobel Prize-winning Center for Civil Liberties warns adopted law could destroy rule of law in Ukraine
According to the assessment of the Center for Civil Liberties, this draft law eliminates the procedural independence of prosecutors. The changes would dismantle the system of anti-corruption bodies, particularly the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
Abolishing the independence of NABU and SAP contradicts Ukraine’s anti-corruption movement after the Revolution of Dignity – analysis by Agency for Legislative Initiatives
Legal experts from the Kyiv-based think tank argue that bill №12414's passage represents a significant regression, achieved through procedural violations. They note that Maksym Buzhanskyy, a deputy from the presidential "Servant of the People" party, introduced the controversial amendments at the last minute into a bill with an entirely different original purpose
Ukraine’s anti-corruption chiefs call on Zelenskyy to veto the bill that strips their agencies’ independence
Klymenko, the head of SAPO, noted that his office and NABU "had two elements of independence – the absence of political influence and defined jurisdiction." According to him, the new legislation has nullified both
Ukraine’s parliament approves draft law №12414 to end independence of key anti-corruption investigators – Anti-Corruption Center
The Anti-Corruption Center also explained that electronic declaration of officials' property and funds, punishment for illegal enrichment, special confiscation, and all other anti-corruption reforms are ineffective
Russian military kill 78-year-old woman in drone strike in the Sumy Oblast
The strikes set residential buildings ablaze
Russia targets school and clinic in deadly strike of Dnipropertrovsk, killing two people
The strike damaged an outpatient clinic, a school, and a cultural institution, authorities reported
Woman dies after stepping on Russian landmine in liberated part of Kherson Oblast
A 65-year-old woman stepped on a mine, causing an explosion. She suffered fatal injuries
Russian forces target multiple Ukrainian cities in overnight assault, woman killed in Odesa
Ukrainian authorities reported a "targeted hit", though they did not disclose the specific location
Mother of the youngest political prisoner of the Russian Federation, Crimean Tatar Appaz Kurtamet, petitioned the European Parliament
She, along with other Crimean Tatar activists, is demanding an international response to the Russian Federation's mass repressions against Crimean Tatars
“Gestapo methods”: political prisoner Iryna Danylovych calls on the European Parliament to condemn torture in a Russian colony where she is held
Danylovych stated that the administration of women’s penal colony No. 7 in Zelenokumsk, Stavropol Krai, is creating "endless hell" for prisoners.
Civil society organizations called on Zelenskyy to stop using the justice system for political reprisals against government critic Vitalii Shabunin
The representatives of the Ukrainian civil society highlighted that this prosecution is yet another episode in a long history of attacks against Shabunin personally and against the Anti-Corruption Action Centre he heads, which have been ongoing since 2016
Russian drone strike kills 65-year-old woman in Kherson
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, also expressed his condolences to the victim's family
Russian forces kill civilian, attack paramedics in Sumy Oblast
The drone struck at about 3:40 p.m. on a road within an area governed by the Stetskivka village council. Two brothers were traveling on a two-wheel tractor toward the Khotin hromada when a Russian drone hit them
Russian attack kills at least two and injures 38 across two Ukrainian regions
Russians launched a total of 339 Shahed drones out of 597 total drones and 26 missiles.
Attacks by Russians in June caused highest number of civilian fatalities in Ukraine over past 3 years – UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine
The mission highlighted that the Russian Federation launched ten times more missile strikes and loitering munition attacks in June 2025 than in the same month of 2024
Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 2, injures 16 as Slovakia blocks EU sanctions
City residents were urged to shelter until the air raid siren was lifted, and also close windows when they returned to their homes because there was a "lot of smoke" in Kyiv
Russian aerial bomb and drone attack kill 4 in Donetsk Oblast town
The FAB-250 aerial bomb killed two civilians and injured a 63-year-old man. Ten minutes later, Russian forces attacked a civilian car with an FPV drone, killing the couple inside – a 39-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man
Russians cause blackout at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant by striking power line – Ukrainian Energy Minister
Halushchenko noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the ZNPP has already experienced eight complete blackouts and has been on the verge of a blackout multiple times
Putin’s attack after Trump call shows ‘complete disregard’ for US – MFA of Ukraine (updated)
The Minister called for the international community to punish Russia with "the toughest sanctions" and to provide Ukraine with all the necessary defence assets
Russian ballistic missile strike on Odesa port kills two, injures six
At the time of the attack, workers were present unloading metal from a foreign vessel flying the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe
Russian guided bomb kills one in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast attack
Lysak said that the strike killed a man. The bomb also set a house on fire
Russian missile strikes kill, injure multiple people in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast – local authorities
Russia also struck the Malomykhailivka hromada in the Synelnykove District with an FPV drone, damaging a restaurant
Ukrainian civilians and militaries killed in Russian ballistic missile attack on Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
The Russian attack destroyed a community arts center, two shops and damaged homes
Human rights defenders criticise the project of exchanging convicted collaborators, “Khochu k svoim”, for civilian prisoners: what is the main concern?
Human rights organisations criticise the state initiative "Khochu k svoim", pointing out that the Verkhovna Rada has not corrected the shortcomings in the criminal law on collaborative activities. The Human Rights Centre ZMINA believes that the Ukrainian authorities should have chosen another mechanism instead of this project
