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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Russian attack on Kharkiv leaves 22 injured, including baby and teenager
The Russian attack on Kharkiv on the night of 6-7 June killed three people and injured 22 others, including a one-and-a-half-month-old baby. Source: Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko on Telegram Quote: "Three people were killed. One of the deceased is a 32-year-old man. Two more bodies need identification. They are believed to be women aged 59 and 86. Twenty-two people were injured. Among them is a 14-year-old girl and a baby who is only one and a half months old. An emergency worker was also injured in the aftermath of the attack." The exact details of the fatalities will be confirmed after forensic examination. Background: On the night of 6-7 June, Russian forces launched a large-scale strike on the city of Kharkiv using kamikaze drones, guided aerial bombs and missiles. Three people were killed and 17 others were wounded, including two children. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Four killed, 53 injured in Russian drone, missile attack on Ukraine
June 6 (UPI) -- At least four people were killed and 53 injured in Ukraine after Russia launched almost 500 drones and ballistic missiles as the country came under sustained airborne assault for the second night in a row. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said four people were killed and 20 injured after civilian and industrial infrastructure was targeted in six districts of the capital, but that search and rescue operations at multiple sites were continuing Friday morning, he wrote in a social media update. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a Telegram post that three of the fatalities were emergency service staff killed as they worked under fire while the attack on Kyiv was ongoing, and that nine other State Emergency Service workers had been injured, some of them seriously. Kyiv City Military Administration said the combined missile and drone attack caused widespread damage, both from direct hits and debris from downed drones, with subway tracks and trains sustaining damage and a residential tower block and an educational institution set ablaze. The authority said firefighters were continuing to battle a major blaze at a metal warehouse in Solomianskyi district in the west of the city. In Ternopil province, 260 miles southwest of Kyiv, 10 people were injured, including five emergency workers hurt while battling a large fire, according to the regional governor. President Volodymyr Zelensky said almost all of Ukraine had come under attack, including the Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Volyn, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Poltava and Sumy regions. "Some of the missiles and drones were shot down. I thank our warriors for their defense. But unfortunately, not all were intercepted," he wrote on X. The State Emergency Service in the northwestern province of Volyn said 15 people were injured when a 9-story apartment building in Lutsk, the capital, was struck. In a social media update, the SES said damage to residential and administrative buildings and manufacturing facilities had been extensive. Kherson Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin reported 10 people injured after Russian forces, which occupy part of the province, opened fire with artillery on residential districts and civil infrastructure in the Ukrainian zone. Four people were also hurt in Chernihiv, three in Poltava, three in Kharkiv and two in Sumy. Ivan Federov, governor of Zaporizhzhia province, which is under partial Russian occupation, said on social media that the Ukrainian part of the province had come under heavy attack from airstrikes, artillery and drones, damaging infrastructure and homes, but there had been no deaths or injuries. However, Ukraine also launched its own attacks into Russia, claiming to have successfully carried out "a preemptive strike, hitting enemy airfields and other important military facilities." The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on social media that drones had carried out a second successful attack overnight on Russian aircraft at Engels airfield in the Saratov region, following a strike at the weekend. It also claimed Diaghilev airfield in the Ryazan region, where air tankers and escort fighters used to carry out missile strikes against Ukraine were based, was also hit. Russia's state-run TASS news agency said civilian and industrial targets in Moscow and 11 other regions, including Saratov and Ryazan, were targeted by drones and missiles, injuring at least six people. The defense ministry said air defenses shot down or disabled 174 drones and three guided missiles, but no mention was made of damage to military bases. TASS confirmed a blaze in Engels in the Saratov region from a drone strike, but said it was at an industrial facility. The agency said the injuries occurred in the city of Michurinsk, 250 miles southeast of Moscow, where three people were hurt, two of them hospitalized, and in the Tula region, 120 miles south of Moscow, where three people were being treated in the hospital. Passengers in cars that were struck by debris from drones downed in Kaluga Region sustained minor injuries, the regional governor said.
Miami Herald
3 days ago
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Four killed, 53 injured in Russian drone, missile attack on Ukraine
June 6 (UPI) -- At least four people were killed and 53 injured in Ukraine after Russia launched almost 500 drones and ballistic missiles as the country came under sustained airborne assault for the second night in a row. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said four people were killed and 20 injured after civilian and industrial infrastructure was targeted in six districts of the capital, but that search and rescue operations at multiple sites were continuing Friday morning, he wrote in a social media update. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a Telegram post that three of the fatalities were emergency service staff killed as they worked under fire while the attack on Kyiv was ongoing, and that nine other State Emergency Service workers had been injured, some of them seriously. Kyiv City Military Administration said the combined missile and drone attack caused widespread damage, both from direct hits and debris from downed drones, with subway tracks and trains sustaining damage and a residential tower block and an educational institution set ablaze. The authority said firefighters were continuing to battle a major blaze at a metal warehouse in Solomianskyi district in the west of the city. In Ternopil province, 260 miles southwest of Kyiv, 10 people were injured, including five emergency workers hurt while battling a large fire, according to the regional governor. President Volodymyr Zelensky said almost all of Ukraine had come under attack, including the Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Volyn, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Poltava and Sumy regions. "Some of the missiles and drones were shot down. I thank our warriors for their defense. But unfortunately, not all were intercepted," he wrote on X. The State Emergency Service in the northwestern province of Volyn said 15 people were injured when a 9-story apartment building in Lutsk, the capital, was struck. In a social media update, the SES said damage to residential and administrative buildings and manufacturing facilities had been extensive. Kherson Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin reported 10 people injured after Russian forces, which occupy part of the province, opened fire with artillery on residential districts and civil infrastructure in the Ukrainian zone. Four people were also hurt in Chernihiv, three in Poltava, three in Kharkiv and two in Sumy. Ivan Federov, governor of Zaporizhzhia province, which is under partial Russian occupation, said on social media that the Ukrainian part of the province had come under heavy attack from airstrikes, artillery and drones, damaging infrastructure and homes, but there had been no deaths or injuries. However, Ukraine also launched its own attacks into Russia, claiming to have successfully carried out "a preemptive strike, hitting enemy airfields and other important military facilities." The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on social media that drones had carried out a second successful attack overnight on Russian aircraft at Engels airfield in the Saratov region, following a strike at the weekend. It also claimed Diaghilev airfield in the Ryazan region, where air tankers and escort fighters used to carry out missile strikes against Ukraine were based, was also hit. Russia's state-run TASS news agency said civilian and industrial targets in Moscow and 11 other regions, including Saratov and Ryazan, were targeted by drones and missiles, injuring at least six people. The defense ministry said air defenses shot down or disabled 174 drones and three guided missiles, but no mention was made of damage to military bases. TASS confirmed a blaze in Engels in the Saratov region from a drone strike, but said it was at an industrial facility. The agency said the injuries occurred in the city of Michurinsk, 250 miles southeast of Moscow, where three people were hurt, two of them hospitalized, and in the Tula region, 120 miles south of Moscow, where three people were being treated in the hospital. Passengers in cars that were struck by debris from drones downed in Kaluga Region sustained minor injuries, the regional governor said. Copyright 2025 UPI News Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
SBS Australia
3 days ago
- Politics
- SBS Australia
Reprisal for Operation Spider's Web arrives, with three killed by Russian air attack on Kyiv
The mayor of Ukraine's capital said Russia's air attack had left 20 people injured, in addition to the three deaths. Source: AP / AP Photo / Evgeniy Maloletka Russia mounted an intense missile and drone barrage of the Ukrainian capital overnight, killing three people, Ukrainian officials said, as powerful explosions reverberated across the city. The attack followed a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin, conveyed via United States leader Donald Trump , that the Kremlin would hit back after Ukrainian drones destroyed several strategic bomber aircraft in attacks deep inside Russia. Kyiv's military administration said three people were killed in the missile and drone salvo against the capital. They were first responders who had rushed to the scene of one of the strikes, interior minister Ihor Klymenko said. "Overnight, Russia 'responded' to its destroyed aircraft ... by attacking civilians in Ukraine ... Multi-storey buildings hit. Energy infrastructure damaged," foreign minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had carried out the strike on military and military-related targets in response to what it called Ukrainian "terrorist acts" against Russia. "Everything that is taking place within the framework of the special military operation (in Ukraine), everything that is being done by our military on a daily basis, is a response to the actions of the Kyiv regime, which has acquired all the characteristics of a terrorist regime," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. In one of the most audacious attacks of the war between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian spies last weekend destroyed a claimed US$7 billion ($10.8 billion) worth of Russian strategic bomber aircraft on the ground using quadrocopter drones hidden in wooden sheds. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the mission — dubbed Operation Spider's Web — "our most long-range operation" in more than three years of war. The Kremlin was planning an unspecified response to the Ukrainian attack on Russian air bases, Trump said after a telephone conversation with Putin on Wednesday. "President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields," Trump said after the conversation. Russia has also accused Ukraine of being behind a deadly bomb attack on a bridge over a railway line in western Russia at the weekend that was blown up just as a train carrying 388 passengers to Moscow was passing underneath. Seven people were killed and 155 injured in the incident, which Kyiv has not taken responsibility for. Zelenskyy said 49 people nationwide had been injured in the attacks on Kyiv, which also struck several other towns and cities, as he called on Ukraine's Western allies to ramp up pressure on Russia. The air force said Russia had used 407 drones, one of the largest numbers recorded in a single attack. Forty-five cruise and ballistic missiles were also fired, it said. Kyiv's metro transport system was disrupted by a Russian strike that hit and damaged tracks between stations, the military administration said. The state rail company said it was also diverting some trains due to rail damage outside the city. Reuters witnesses reported a series of booming explosions powerful enough to rattle windows far from the impact sites. Some Kyiv residents sought shelter in metro stations, or in underground car parks. In the capital's Solomianskyi district, a Russian drone slammed into the side of an apartment building, leaving a gaping hole and burn marks, a Reuters photographer at the scene said. Falling concrete blocks from the building crushed cars parked below. Two police investigators were examining what appeared to be the drone's engine. Earlier in the night, Reuters reporters heard the sound of Russian kamikaze drones buzzing in the sky, accompanied by the sounds of outgoing fire from Ukrainian anti-aircraft batteries. The Russian military said in its statement that it had used long-range weapons to strike Ukraine. "In response to terrorist acts by the Kyiv regime, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive strike overnight with long-range air, sea and land-based precision weapons," the ministry said. It said the strike had targeted "Ukrainian design bureaus, enterprises for the production and repair of weapons and military equipment, assembly workshops for strike drones, flight training centres, and Ukrainian armed forces weapons and military equipment depots." "The objective of the strike was achieved. All designated targets were hit." Zelenskyy called for concerted pressure on Russia. "If someone is not applying pressure and is giving the war more time to take lives – that is complicity and accountability. We must act decisively," he wrote on X. As well as Kyiv, Russian forces also struck industrial facilities and infrastructure in the western city of Ternopil, leaving parts of it without power, Mayor Serhii Nadal said. The regional administration said the attack had injured 10 people and recommended that residents temporarily stay inside due to a high concentration of toxic substances in the air after a fire. Fifteen people were injured in the northwestern city of Lutsk where an attack damaged private homes, educational institutions and a government building, prosecutors said. The Ukrainian military said it had launched a pre-emptive strike overnight on the Engels and Dyagilevo airfields in the Russian regions of Saratov and Ryazan, in addition to striking at least three fuel reservoirs.
Al Jazeera
3 days ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
At least three killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine
At least three people have been killed in Russian missile and drone attacks overnight on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, local officials said, as powerful explosions reverberated across the country. The attacks followed a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin, conveyed via US President Donald Trump, that the Kremlin would hit back after Ukrainian drones destroyed several strategic bomber aircraft in attacks deep inside Russia. Kyiv's military administration said three people were killed in the attacks on the Ukrainian capital after the mayor initially put the death toll at four. The three were first responders who had rushed to the scene of one of the strikes, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. Multiple explosions were heard in Kyiv, where falling debris sparked fires across several districts as air defence systems attempted to intercept incoming targets, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Administration. 'Our air defence crews are doing everything possible. But we must protect one another – stay safe,' Tkachenko wrote on Telegram. Ukraine's human rights chief, Dmytro Lubinets, called for a strong international response to the overnight attack, saying the assault violated basic human rights. 'Russia is acting like a terrorist, systematically targeting civilian infrastructure,' Lubinets wrote on Telegram. 'The world must respond clearly and take concrete steps, including condemning the aggressor's actions.' Moscow denies targeting civilians since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had carried out a massive strike on military and military -related targets in Ukraine overnight in response to what it called Ukrainian 'terrorist acts' against Russia. Reporting from Kyiv, Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford said it was a 'very frightening night.' 'We heard some of the drones go over this area in central Kyiv, giant explosions ringing out across the city, some so loud that they were shaking the glass here of our hotel. We've seen pictures of people who took shelter in the metro stations underground and underground car parks,' he said. Authorities reported damage in several districts, and rescue workers were responding at multiple locations. They urged residents to seek shelter. The Russian attack hit at least six regions across Ukraine, leaving a trail of civilian injuries, damaged infrastructure and disrupted utilities. Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces launched 407 drones and 45 missiles, including cruise and ballistic missiles. Ukraine said it succeeded in destroying around 200 drones and 30 missiles. The number of people injured in a Russian attack on the western city of Ternopil early Friday rose to 10, including five emergency workers, regional governor Viacheslav Nehoda said. The strike damaged industrial and infrastructure facilities, left parts of the city without electricity, and disrupted water supplies. Three people were injured in Ukraine's central Poltava region following a Russian attack that damaged administrative buildings, warehouses and a cafe, regional head Volodymyr Kohut said. Fires caused by the strike have been extinguished, and debris fell on a private home. Russian forces also struck the Khmelnytskyi region overnight, damaging a private residential building, outbuildings, a fence, and several vehicles, regional governor Serhii Tiuryn said. Meanwhile, air defence forces shot down three Russian missiles over the western Lviv region overnight, the regional head Maksym Kozytskyi said. In the northern Chernihiv region, a Shahed drone exploded near an apartment building, shattering windows and doors, according to regional military administration chief Dmytro Bryzhynskyi. He said explosions from ballistic missiles were also recorded on the outskirts of the city. 'Overnight, Russia 'responded' to its destroyed aircraft… by attacking civilians in Ukraine…. Multi-storey buildings hit. Energy infrastructure damaged,' Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X. The overnight attack took place as hopes for a truce between Russia and Ukraine seemed to be faltering, despite two rounds of direct talks in Istanbul. On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump said it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia 'fight for a while' rather than pursue peace immediately – a remarkable shift from Trump's previous appeals for a quick end to the war. Earlier this week, Putin told Trump in a telephone conversation that Moscow would have to respond to the earlier huge Ukrainian drone attacks deep inside Russia against Russian military warplanes.
