During the night of July 2 (starting at 6:00 p.m. on July 1), Russian forces launched a massive combined strike against Ukraine using attack drones as well as air-, land-, and sea-launched missiles of various types.
The primary target of the attack was Kyiv. A key feature of the assault was the simultaneous use of multiple types of aerial weapons launched from different directions, including a large number of ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones.
In total, the Ukrainian Air Force's radar units detected 570 aerial targets, including 74 missiles and 496 drones of various types:
- 4 3M22 Zircon anti-ship missiles (launched from Russia's Kursk region);
- 24 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles (launched from Russia's Bryansk and Kursk regions);
- 34 Kh-101 cruise missiles (launched from Russia's Vologda region);
- 8 Kalibr cruise missiles (launched from Novorossiysk, Russia);
- 4 Kh-59/69 guided air-to-surface missiles (launched from Russia's Voronezh region);
- 496 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas attack drones, Banderol loitering munitions, and Parodiya decoy drones launched from Russia's Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions, as well as the temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk region and Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea.
Ukraine's air defenses responded with fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups.
According to preliminary data as of 9:00 a.m., Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 524 aerial targets, including 48 missiles and 476 drones:
- 4 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles;
- 32 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
- 8 Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 4 Kh-59/69 guided air-to-surface missiles;
- 476 drones of various types.
Preliminary reports as of 9:00 a.m. indicate that 25 ballistic missiles and 12 attack drones struck targets at 33 locations. Debris from intercepted drones fell at 18 locations. Information regarding several missiles is still being verified.
