Russia conducted another mass missile and drone attack overnight Sunday-Monday, assailing regions across Ukraine, but particularly the Rivne region, far from the front lines, in western Ukraine.
At least one person has been confirmed dead Monday morning, the chief of the Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Koval, reported on Telegram.
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Rivne Mayor Oleksandr Tretyak called it “the largest attack” on the region.
According to AFP, the Russian onslaught caused Poland to scramble fighters on airfield alert status.
“Due to the intensive air attack by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, Polish and allied aircraft began to operate in Polish airspace in the morning,” Warsaw’s Operational Command (Dowództwo Operacyjne RSZ) said in a statement on social media.
Meanwhile, in the capital, Kyiv, an office building was damaged in the Darnytsia district, The head of the Kyiv Municipal Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, reported on Telegram.
A private home, vehicle, and outbuilding were also damaged in the Boryspil district, Kyiv Regional Police reported.
According to Koval, Ukrainian air defense has intercepted a large number of incoming targets.
Koval said more details of the strike would be made available.
🚨BREAKING: Ukraine's Rivne region suffered its largest attack of the war overnight.
— Defence Index (@Defence_Index) June 9, 2025
Dozens of drones and missiles hit multiple sites — Dubno was hardest hit.
Officials call the strike “unprecedented in scale.” pic.twitter.com/R296nSCAQ1
According to some milblogger speculation, the Dubno Airfield, in western Ukraine, may have been a target of the attack near Rivne. Russian forces may have believed the airfield is at least a part-time home to some of Ukraine’s F-16s.
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The airfield in Dubno, Rivne region, restored in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, became the target of an attack by Russian Geran-2 kamikaze UAVs and ballistic missiles tonight. pic.twitter.com/OzwJdlVb68
— (AD) Deo Non Fortuna 🇷🇺🇺🇦 (@UKRRUSNews) June 9, 2025
This could have been an attempt to retaliate for the F-16 shootdown of a Russian Su-35 fighter-bomber on Saturday over the Russian Kursk region.
‼️BREAKING || 20 MISSILES, 65 DRONES HIT F-16 DUBNO AIRBASE IN RIVNE, WEST UKRAINE
— Bloomberg Whistleblower (@bloombergbell) June 9, 2025
"Rivne suffers the deadliest Russian attack of the war," said Region Head Olexandr Tretyak:
"The Dubno airfield bore the lion's share of the strike."
Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets are based in Dubno. https://t.co/pR4edSKv0f pic.twitter.com/pWdRWc714e
Even as Ukraine and Russia conduct peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, in the past three weeks, Russia has accelerated its bombardment campaign against Ukraine.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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