{"id":1403654,"date":"2026-07-09T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1403654"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:26:26","slug":"ukraine-struck-15-bridges-and-nine-russian-air-defense-sites-with-medium-range-strike-systems-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-struck-15-bridges-and-nine-russian-air-defense-sites-with-medium-range-strike-systems-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Struck 15 Bridges and Nine Russian Air Defense Sites with Medium-Range Strike Systems in June"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukraine&#8217;s Defense Forces continued a systematic campaign against Russia&#8217;s operational rear throughout June, using medium-range strike systems to target military logistics, air defense assets, command posts, and supply infrastructure.<\/p>\n   <p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a>, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine said the strikes form part of Ukraine&#8217;s broader defensive strategy aimed at disrupting Russia&#8217;s offensive capabilities.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe destruction of logistics, warehouses, headquarters, air defense systems, and other components of Russia&#8217;s offensive activity using medium-range strike systems is aimed at implementing Ukraine&#8217;s defensive strategy, including stopping the enemy on the ground,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Russian logistics remained one of the primary targets during the month. Ukrainian forces struck 15 bridges used by Russian troops to transport equipment, ammunition, and personnel across occupied territories.<\/p>\n   <p>The targeted infrastructure included eight railway bridges and seven road bridges located in occupied Crimea and the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions.<\/p>\n   <p>According to the ministry, systematically disabling key transport routes isolates sections of the front line, complicates the movement of reserves, and disrupts Russian supply chains.<\/p>\n   <p>Ukraine also targeted nine Russian air defense and radar facilities during June.<\/p>\n   <p>The strikes hit four Pantsir-S1 air defense systems, three S-400 systems and associated radar components, the RBSN-4N short-range radio navigation system at the Saky airfield, as well as the Nebo and Skala-M radar complexes in occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThese successful operations are part of a systematic strategy aimed at creating \u2018blind spots\u2019 in the enemy&#8217;s defense,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>According to the ministry, destroying radar stations and air defense systems reduces Russia&#8217;s ability to protect military assets and enables follow-on precision strikes against additional targets.<\/p>\n   <p>In addition to attacks on transport and air defense infrastructure, Ukrainian forces carried out more than 30 strikes against Russian warehouses storing ammunition, fuel, drones, and other military supplies.<\/p>\n   <p>The Defense Forces also struck more than 40 unmanned aerial vehicle command posts and 15 command and command-observation posts during the month.<\/p>\n   <p>Earlier, as reported that Ukrainian forces destroyed or damaged 2,074 Russian artillery systems during June.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-eu-believes-new-sanctions-could-trigger-a-banking-crisis-in-russia\/\">The EU Believes New Sanctions Could Trigger a Banking Crisis in Russia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine&#8217;s Defense Forces continued a systematic campaign against Russia&#8217;s operational rear throughout &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1403656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,55],"tags":[76,72923,72945],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1403654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-frontline-update","tag-ukraine-strikes-back"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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