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Ukrainian intelligence agents attacked a Kaliningrad power substation on June 14, draining transformer coolant and setting fires. This attack cut electricity to “Russian defence industrial base facilities” and nearby Russian forces, and caused nearly $5 million in damage. An anonymous source in Ukrainian intelligence said, “Russia no longer has a rear, neither in the east, nor in the west, nor anywhere in the world. Everything Russian involved in the war against Ukraine will burn, sink, and be destroyed regardless of its level of protection or location.”
Russia launched 138 drones against Ukraine on June 15-16, with Ukrainian air defense intercepting 125 targets. The attacks resulted in 10 direct hits and caused damage across multiple regions. Drone debris fell in eight locations, causing collateral damage to civilian infrastructure.
A Russian drone strike on Kyiv injured two people, including a 21-year-old man hospitalized in serious condition after an attack on the Rusanivski Gardens neighborhood. In Kyiv Oblast, a 60-year-old man sustained cuts to his hand and face. Three women were injured in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, with one requiring hospitalization for blast injuries.
In Cherkasy Oblast, debris from 18 downed drones damaged four houses, destroyed a garage, and hit a gas pipeline, leaving part of a village without power. A Russian attack on Zaporizhzhya targeted an industrial facility, causing a fire with no reported casualties. Kherson Oblast reported one civilian killed and damage to residential buildings and infrastructure.
Russia intentionally targeted Boeing's Kyiv office on June 9, causing damage to the building housing the company's operations. Boeing has 1,000 Ukrainian employees; none were injured in the attack.
An Iranian missile strike on Israel on June 14 killed five Ukrainian nationals, including three children, when a missile hit a residential building in Bat Yam. Ukrainian diplomatic staff are coordinating with Israeli authorities to identify victims and arrange the repatriation of remains.
The European Union will extend sanctions on Russia from the annexation of Crimea for another year, until June 23, 2026. The sanctions include a ban on the import of goods originating from Crimea, a ban on infrastructure, financial, or tourism investments in Crimea, and a ban on certain exports of goods and technologies to Crimean companies for use in Crimea n the areas of transport, telecommunications, and energy, as well as for oil, gas, and mineral exploration and extraction. Additionally, the European Commission emphasized that the EU continues not to recognize and condemn Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea.
Concrete structures that Russia has built at Belbek airfield to protect its airplanes from future attacks. In 2024, this airbase was targeted by ATACMS missiles, which damaged/destroyed 4 planes and a fuel depot.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó accused Zelenskyy and von der Leyen of intentionally trying to destroy Central Europe's economy with the EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia. He complained that Ukraine has pushed for three years to ban Russian gas, oil, and nuclear fuel imports. The 18th package targets Russia's energy and banking sectors, including the Nord Stream pipeline, and 22 Russian companies supporting the military-industrial complex.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico requested delaying the EU sanctions vote scheduled for June 18 until gas supply issues are resolved, stating Slovakia has no reason to suffer because of Ukraine. Slovakia has not blocked previous sanctions, but Fico previously supported a referendum on lifting Russian sanctions.
Russia has used chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops on the Siversk front for three consecutive weeks, according to Ukraine's Rubizh Rapid Response Brigade. The toxic gas spreads quickly through trenches and low areas, forcing men out into the open, leaving them vulnerable to drones, mortars, and artillery. Russian artillery barrages in the Sversk direction have increased to 200 per day, potentially indicating a large offensive is planned for this region. The Rubizh Rapid Response Brigade said they are preparing for such an attack. Ukraine documented Russia's systematic chemical weapons use at the OPCW in March, with over 6,900 instances since the invasion began, and 3,400 Ukrainian soldiers treated for poisoning symptoms as of March 2025.
A Russian BM-21 Grad detonating after being struck by Ukraine’s K-2 Unit. This grad was reportedly loaded with chemical munitions of some sort. It is reported that after the detonation, Russians were urging each other to put on gas masks because the Grad shells were “charged with chemicals.”
Poland has trained 38,000 Ukrainian soldiers under the EU Military Assistance Mission so far, with the program extended until November 2026. The whole mission has trained 70,000 soldiers in 24 countries over two years. The UK's Interflex program trained 50,000 Ukrainian soldiers since June 2022.
Trump and Zelenskyy reportedly were supposed to hold bilateral meetings at the G7 summit, including official talks and informal meetings. Trump has decided to leave the G-7meeting early, due to events in the Middle East The meeting with Zelenskyy was canceled.
British intelligence reported over 6,000 North Korean troops killed in Russia's Kursk region, which is more than half of the estimated 11,000 initially deployed there. The K MoD’s report stated that there have been limited deployments of additional North Korean troops to Kursk. The report added that the casualties were the result of large-scale attritional infantry assaults. The report also stated that North Korean troops have not yet been sent into Ukrainian territory and that that would require approval from both Kim Jong Un and Putin. Ukraine's General Staff reported Russia has taken more than 60,000 casualties in Kursk since August 2024, including 25,200 irrecoverable losses, 36,200 needing medical evacuations, and 983 being taken prisoner.
Russian FPV drones deliberately struck turbines at Ukraine's Ochakiv wind farm near Dmytrivka in the Mykolaiv region, targeting the nacelles that contain generators, braking systems, and transmissions. The footage was posted on a pro-Russian Telegram channel. This channel has posted at least 3 other videos of attacks on wind turbines.
Missile manufacturer MBDA has entered a partnership with a French car company and a drone company to produce 1,000 “One Way Effectors” monthly. There isn’t much known about the One Way Effectors, but they are supposed to be a cheap and mass-producible long-range weapon capable of exhausting and revealing enemy air defenses and making them vulnerable to follow-up strikes. MBDA says this new weapon is designed with attritional warfare in mind. There is no word on whether these will be sent to Ukraine, but France is developing a close relationship with Ukraine and French automakers to produce drones, and this war is a potential testing ground.
MBDA produced a graphic showing One Way Effectors
Ukraine built fortified defenses along the Dnipropetrovsk-Donetsk border that incorporate lessons learned from failures of defensive structures in the Kharkiv direction. DeepState reported three-tiered defense lines composed of anti-tank ditches, concrete tetrahedrons, razor wire, low-visibility obstacles, and minefields with underground positions for defense against FPV drones. Combat brigades handle front-line defense, while military engineers manage the second line, and specialists with resources oversee the third line.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the Trump administration supports a negotiated settlement of the war instead of continued military aid.
Ukraine repatriated the bodies of more fallen soldiers on June 15, returning 1,200 bodies with the assistance of the International Red Cross. This repatriation was done via train; future exchanges of bodies will use road vehicles as per agreements made in Istanbul. 1,200 additional bodies were returned returned June 14.