Over the past week, the Russian military has launched a series of large-scale strikes on Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Kherson, and other Ukrainian cities. Since the beginning of June, 2,736 drones of various types—including decoy drones—have been launched across the country. In addition, missile strikes and guided aerial bombings continue on a regular basis.
The photographs we are publishing capture the aftermath of only some of the most destructive attacks.
Kramatorsk
On the evening of June 21, a four-story residential building was destroyed by the explosion of a Russian aerial bomb. Rescuers worked through the rubble for two days. According to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, five people were killed and four others injured. June 22, 2025.
Kyiv
People take shelter in the metro during a Russian drone and missile strike. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Kyiv’s subway has been used as a bomb shelter during attacks. June 23, 2025.
One of the exits from Kyiv’s Sviatoshyn metro station was damaged in a Russian strike. June 23, 2025.
In the early hours of June 23, Russian forces launched a massive strike across Ukraine, using more than 350 drones, ballistic, and cruise missiles. June 23, 2025.
In Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district, the strike damaged 27 residential buildings, three educational institutions, and around 40 vehicles. June 23, 2025.
A Russian missile struck the entrance of a residential building in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district. Nine people were killed and another 13 injured. June 23, 2025.
A Russian strike completely destroyed the entrance section of a five-story residential building in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district. June 24, 2025.
The rubble of the entrance destroyed by a Russian missile in the Shevchenkivskyi district was cleared over the course of three days. According to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, ten people were rescued, including two children and a pregnant woman. June 23, 2025.
Dnipro
A passenger train traveling from Odesa to Zaporizhzhia with more than 500 people on board came under Russian fire. June 24, 2025.
During the day, Russian forces launched a missile strike on Dnipro and the city of Samar. According to the latest reports, 21 people were killed in Dnipro and two in Samar. More than 350 people were injured. June 24, 2025.
The missile strike on Dnipro and the Dnipropetrovsk region damaged dozens of apartment blocks and private homes, administrative buildings, schools, kindergartens, medical facilities, shops, gas stations, and over a hundred vehicles. June 24, 2025.
Odesa
In the evening, Russian forces attacked Odesa with drones. The strike caused fires in apartments across several floors of a 21-story residential building. A married couple—Kateryna Borsynska, a teacher at Mykhailivskyi Lyceum, and her husband Valentyn—were killed. Seventeen people were injured. June 27, 2025.
Kherson
Kherson comes under daily shelling—the city remains within range of Russian artillery. On this day, a strike on residential areas in the Korabelnyi district left six people injured. June 24, 2025.
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