Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January 2025

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The Monitoring Group of the BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute for Strategic Studies

Based on the results of our own monitoring, the Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute for Strategic Studies and the BlackSeaNews presents the database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on the Regions of Ukraine from the Occupied Crimea in 2025.

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ТОТ – temporarily occupied territories
BSF - Black Sea Fleet of the RF
OTRK - operational tactical missile system
CDS – coastal defense missile complex
UAV — unmanned aerial vehicle
u/t — unknown type
USV - unmanned surface vehicle
BM — Ballistic missile
CM - cruise missile
SAM - surface-to-air missile
SLBM - submarine-launched ballistic missile
AShM — anti-ship missile
ALCM — air-launched cruise missile
ALBM - air-launched ballistic missile
SLCM — sea-launched cruise missile
ARM - anti-radiation missile
TAC - tactical aviation aircraft
UDF - Ukrainian Defense Forces
UAF - Ukrainian Armed Forces
Data is taken from the official Air Force Command
of the Armed Forces www.facebook.com/kpszsu.

In January 2025, for strikes on Ukraine from the occupied Crimea, the Russian Armed Forces (RAF) used no less than:

• 4 Kalibr SLCM from the BSF ships and submarines 

• 8 Iskander-type BM

• 573 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs launched simultaneously from Crimea and Russian regions

• 68 reconnaissance UAVs of the ZALA, Supercam, Merlin-ВР, Orlan-10 and other types 

• There has been no P-800 Oniks AShM, 3М22 Zircon or Shahed-136/131 strike UAV launches exclusively from TOT Crimea (without simultaneous launches from the RF) in January.

Overall, there has been no less than 20 attacks in January 2025.

January trends and developments.
In January, the launches of Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs from Crimea and simultaneously from the regions of the Russian Federation resumed after a pause over December 2024. However, only 6 launches took place from the Crimea+RF sites — one on the first day of the year, and then, after a twenty-day pause, 5 more starting on January 22.
Instead, in January, there was not a single Shahed-136/131 launch exclusively from Crimea without a simultaneous double from a Russian site.
While the frequency of simultaneous drone strikes on mainland Ukraine launched jointly from Crimea and RF territory has decreased, the number of UAV attack launchpads within RF territory is increasing, particularly in regions bordering Ukraine.
Launches of Iskander cruise and ballistic missiles increased slightly — up to 8 — mainly late in the month, while there were 5 missiles launched in December and November 2024 each. That number is significantly lower than in the summer and early fall of 2024, when 20-25 Iskanders were launched each month.
No launches of Oniks and Zircon missiles have been recorded.
Russia's use of reconnaissance UAVs in the southern regions also remained high: the Defense Forces downed 68 drones, which is three times more than in December of last year. 

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Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions
from the Occupied Crimea in January 2025

January 2025

01.01.2025
Launch Area: TOT Crimea; Bryansk, Oryol and Primorsko-Akhtarsk - RF
Weapon/carrier: 111 Shahed-131/136-type UAVs — 63 destroyed, 46 locationally lost, and 2 flew to RF and RB
4 Zala- and Supercam-type reconnaissance UAVs - all destroyed
Affected areas/destruction site: Strike UAVs were destroyed in Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, and Mykolaiv Oblasts
Targets: energy and industrial infrastructure. Reconnaissance in the southern regions
Impact:
Кyiv: residential buildings in the center of Kyiv's Pechersk district partially destroyed as a result of the falling drone debris. The top two floors of a residential building in Pechersk area partially destroyed. A residential building caught fire that engulfed about 70 square meters inside and 200 square meters on the roof. Two people killed, while six other injured. The attack damages the buildings of the National Bank and the Writers' Union
Кyiv Oblast: the windows and walls of a private house damaged, as well as 10 cars in one of the settlements
Zaporizhzhia Oblast: fire at several private homes. Emergency workers rescued a woman.

02.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier: 2 Zala and Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAVs — all destroyed
Targets: reconnaissance in the southern regions.

05.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier: 2 Supercam, Zala and Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAVs - all destroyed
Targets: reconnaissance in the southern regions.

06.01.2025
Launch Area: likely the Black Sea airspace or TOT Crimea
Weapon/carrier: TAC/2 Kh-59 ALCMs — both destroyed
1 Supercam-type reconnaissance UAV — destroyed
Targets: port infrastructure. Reconnaissance in the southern regions.
Impact: simultaneously with the missile attack, 128 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs were launched from locations in Russia (Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk).
The downed drones caused damage to enterprises, institutions and private homes in Chernihiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Poltava and Kyiv regions.

07.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier: 2 Zala-type reconnaissance UAVs — both destroyed
Targets: reconnaissance in the southern regions.

09.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea
Weapon/carrier:
OTRK Iskander/ 3 Iskander-K CMs — all destroyed
9 Zala-, Supercam- and Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAVs — all destroyed
Affected areas/destruction site: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Targets: energy and industrial infrastructure. Reconnaissance in the southern regions
Impact: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — at 14.10 pm three Iskander-K CMs attacked Kryvyi Rih.

11.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier: 1 Zala-type reconnaissance UAVs — destroyed
Targets: reconnaissance in the southern regions.

12.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier: 14 Zala-, Supercam- and Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAVs — all destroyed
Targets: reconnaissance in the southern regions.

14.01.2025
Launch Area: Black Sea waters. Likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier:
TAC/2 Kh-31PD ARMs
2 Supercam-type UAVs — both destroyed
Affected areas/destruction site: Odesa Oblast
Targets: port infrastructure and reconnaissance in the southern regions
Impact: none reported.

15.01.2025
Launch Area: Black Sea airspace
Weapon/carrier:
surface of submarine launcher/4 Kalibr SLCMs — 3 destroyed
12 Zala-, Supercam- and Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAVs — all destroyed
Affected areas/destruction site: Kharkiv, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblasts
Targets: energy, including gas, and industrial infrastructure. Reconnaissance in the southern regions
Impact: energy, including gas, facilities hit
*Simultaneously with the attack by the KRMB, there was a massive missile and drone attack from the regions of the RF, with 117 airborne weapons used — 77 of which destroyed — including:
1 Iskander-М/KN BMs (Belgorod Oblast — RF)
7 Kh-22/32 CMs from Тu-22М3 aircraft (Тula Oblast — RF)
27 Kh-101/Kh-55 CMs from Тu-95 strategic bomber (Volgograd Oblast — RF) — 23 destroyed
4 Kh-59/69 ALCMs from ТАC (Belgorod Oblast — RF) — all destroyed
74 imitation Shahed-type drones (Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol and Primorsko-Akhtarsk – RF) — 47 destroyed, 27 locationally lost).

17.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier: OTRK Iskander/2 Iskander BMs
Affected areas/destruction site: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Targets: industrial and energy infrastructure
Impact: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — at noon, Russia launched two ballistic missiles at Kryvyi Rih. One missile hit an open area, while the other — a school, partially destroying its four-story building. Two apartment buildings and an outbuilding damaged causing fire on the fourth floor of one of the buildings. Five civilians killed and 14 wounded, including four children — boys aged 9 and 12 and girls aged 1.5 and 9.

18.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier: 1 Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAV — destroyed
Targets: reconnaissance in the southern regions.

20.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier: 9 Zala-, Supercam- and Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAVs — all destroyed
Targets: reconnaissance in the southern regions.

21.01.2025
Launch Area: likely TOT Crimea or TOT Kherson Oblast
Weapon/carrier: 1 Supercam-type reconnaissance UAV - destroyed
Targets: reconnaissance in the southern regions.

22.01.2025
Launch Area: Cape Chauda — TOT Crimea; Millerovo, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol and Primorsko-Akhtarsk — RF
Weapon/carrier: 99 Shahed-131/136-type strike UAVs — 65 destroyed, 30 locationally lost
Affected areas/destruction site: Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Odesa Oblasts
Targets: mainly energy, port and industrial infrastructure
Impact: institutions, industrial enterprises, and commercial, private and apartment buildings damaged in Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Sumy and Khmelnytskyi Oblasts

24.01.2025
Launch Area: Black Sea airspace
Weapon/carrier: TAC Su-57/2 Kh-59/69 ALCMs — both destroyed
Affected areas/destruction site: Odesa Oblast
Targets: port infrastructure
Impact: Odesa Oblast — in the evening, two missiles attacked the civilian infrastructure of the Pivdennyi port, one of which has been downed from a Ukrainian Navy motorboat.

27.01.2025
Launch Area: Cape Chauda — TOT Crimea; Oryol, Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk -- RF
Weapon/carrier: 104 Shahed-131/136-type strike UAVs — 57 destroyed, while 39 – locationally lost without impact
2 Supercam-type reconnaissance UAVs — both destroyed
Affected areas/destruction site: Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Ivano-Frankivsk and Kyiv Oblasts
Targets: industrial and energy infrastructure; reconnaissance in the southern regions
Impact: infrastructure facilities, apartment buildings and private houses damaged.

28.01.2025
Launch Area: BMs — TOT Crimea; UAVs — Cape Chauda, TOT Crimea; Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF)
Weapon/carrier: 1 u/t missile
ОТРК Iskander/1 Iskander BM
100 Shahed-131/136 UAVs — 65 destroyed, 28 locationally lost without impact, and 2 flew towards RF/RB)
2 u/t reconnaissance UAVs — both destroyed
Affected areas/destruction site: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson Oblasts
Targets: port, industrial, and energy infrastructure. Reconnaissance in the southern regions
Impact: the impact of the enemy attack has been recorded in Odesa, Kyiv, Sumy, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Kharkiv Oblasts.
Private enterprise, infrastructure facilities and apartment buildings, private houses and vehicles damaged.
Odesa Oblast: on the morning of January 28, Russian Army attacked Odesa region with attack drones and a missile. The u/t missile has been destroyed. The fragments of the downed UAVs damaged the windows of four residential high-rise buildings and five country houses. In one of Odesa's residential areas 10 cars caught fire. A grain warehouse was also damaged, and four civilians injured
Mykolaiv Oblast: In the evening, a food enterprise was attacked by an Iskander-M missile from Crimea. A factory was partially destroyed, while the administrative one damaged. Two employees killed.

29.01.2025
Launch Area: Cape Chauda — TOT Crimea; Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk - RF
Weapon/carrier: 57 Shahed-131/136-type UAVs — 29 destroyed and 14 locationally lost without impact
1 Zala-type reconnaissance UAV — destroyed
Affected areas/destruction site: Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa Oblasts
Targets: industrial, energy, and port infrastructure. Reconnaissance in the southern regions
Impact: the enemy attack affected Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Sumy Oblasts
Odesa Oblast: the port infrastructure of Izmail district damaged in the drone attack.

31.01.2025
Launch Area: Cape Chauda — TOT Crimea; Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk — RF
Weapon/carrier: ОТRК Iskander/1 Iskander BM
102 Shahed-131/136-type UAV (59 destroyed, while 37 – locationally lost without impact
1 Zala-type reconnaissance UAV — destroyed
Affected areas/destruction site: Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Odesa Oblasts
Targets: fuel and energy facility, industrial and port infrastructure. Reconnaissance in the southern regions
Impact: the attack affected Sumy, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Cherkasy Oblasts.
Mykolaiv Oblast: in Bashtanka district, the windows, roofs and fences of three private houses damaged by the downed UAV debris. Twenty-five households suffered a blackout
Odesa: In the evening, explosions occurred in the center of Odesa, probably as a result of a ballistic missile attack. The explosion ruined the Bristol Hotel, also smashing windows and facades of the nearby buildings. The heavily damaged area is a UNESCO protected one, with some of the buildings ruined being under enhanced protection. Among the people at the epicenter of the Russian missile attack were Norwegian diplomats.

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For reference:

Between January-December 2024, for attacks from the occupied Crimea on the Ukrainian regions, the Russian Armed Forces used no less than:

• 147 Kalibr CMs launched from the BSF ships and submarines
• 186 Iskander-type BMs and SLCMs
• 1 P-800 Oniks AShM
• 6 3M22 Zircon missiles
• 2699 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs launched simultaneously from Crimea and the Russian regions
• 368 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, launched solely rom Crimea without simultaneous
  attacks from the RF
• 309 reconnaissance UAVs of the ZALA, Supercam, Merlin-BP and Orlan-10 types.

The full «Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in 2024» is available here.

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Over 2023, for attacks from the occupied Crimea on the Ukrainian regions, the Russian Armed Forces used no less than:

• 245 Kalibr CMs launched from the BSF ships before 25.09.2023 (none reported after that date)
• 1250 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs, including those that were simultaneously launched from the RF
• 62 Iskander-type BMs
• 25 P-800 Oniks AShM.

The full «Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in 2023» is available here.

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This article has been prepared with the support of the European Union in Ukraine. The content of the article is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the position of the EU