A lieutenant colonel flying a U.S.-made F-16 fighter jet was killed during the overnight aerial strike while on duty, the Air Force said on June 29. Russia launched a "massive" missile and drone strike across Ukraine early on June 29,

Maksym Ustimenko’s aircraft shot down seven air targets before losing altitude and crashing, the air force says.

Russia launched its largest aerial attack on Ukraine since the start its full-scale war overnight on June 29, launching 477 drones and 60 missiles towards Ukrainian cities, Ukraine’s Air Force said. Russian missile and drone attack terrorized Ukraine overnight as air raid alarms sounded across the country,