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burunduqRussia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack across Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring over 100 others. Kyiv reported 6 killed and 79 injured, including 3 children, while Dnipro reported 15 killed, including 2 children, and at least 37 wounded. Kharkiv and Kyiv region were also hit, with fires, damaged residential buildings, and power outages reported across multiple areas.
[UPDATED: June 2, 3:11 pm , Kyiv time. Updated with the latest casualty figures from Kyiv authorities. Updated with a report of an increase in the number of dead and wounded in Kyiv. Updated with a report of an increased death toll in Dnipro. Updated with a report of an increase in the number of injured in Kyiv.]
Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack across Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday, June 2, killing at least 18 people and injuring over 100 others as strikes hit Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Kyiv region, local authorities said.
The overnight assault triggered fires, damaged multi-story residential buildings across several regions and knocked out power in parts of the capital.
In Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported that five people were killed.
“One victim died in hospital. Five people died as a result of the attack on the capital on June 2.”
According to the State Emergency Service (DSNS), as of 8 a.m., four people had been killed and 58 injured in Kyiv, including three children.
“Rescuers continue to deal with the consequences of the large-scale Russian attack,” the report says.
Later, DSNS clarified that the number of victims had risen to 64. Among those injured by shrapnel is a three-year-old child, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
“Rescue operations have been completed in the Podilskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts. Firefighters extinguished fires in the Obolonskyi, Darnytskyi, and Holosiivskyi districts,” the rescuers reported.
Emergency crews are still eliminating the aftermath of the overnight and morning strikes.
In his latest update at 12:41 p.m., Klitschko said 66 residents of the capital were injured, and six people were killed.
The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA), Tymur Tkachenko, said the number of injured had risen to 79. Among them were three children aged 3, 11, and 17.
According to him, rescuers are still working at several locations, so the number of injured and dead is likely to change. Most of the fires had already been extinguished.
Residential buildings damaged across Kyiv
Kyiv’s air raid alert lasted more than three hours before the all-clear was announced at 4:39 a.m.
Falling debris and strikes caused damage across several districts of the capital.
In the Podilskyi district, a repeat strike on a nine-story residential building caused a partial structural collapse. Klitschko warned that people could be trapped under the rubble. Non-residential buildings and vehicles also caught fire in the district.
In the Shevchenkivskyi district, a missile likely hit a 24-story residential building, causing a fire on the fourth and fifth floors.
In the Solomianskyi district, the upper floors of a 15-story residential building were damaged. Authorities also reported a fire in a 24-story building on the seventh and eighth floors.
In the Holosiivskyi district, a medical facility suffered damage, with the second and third floors partially collapsing after a strike and fire. Fires were also reported at non-residential buildings, kiosks and an auto park.
In the Obolonskyi district, drone debris fell near a kindergarten, while a fire broke out at an unfinished construction site. In the Darnytskyi district, falling debris caused a fire on the territory of a gas station and later at a non-residential building. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, a fire broke out on the first floor of a high-rise residential building.
Klitschko also said power outages were reported in the Podilskyi, Obolonskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts.
Fifteen killed in Dnipro, Kharkiv also hit
The attack extended beyond the capital, with deadly strikes reported in Dnipro and damage in Kharkiv.
In Dnipro, overnight strikes killed four people and wounded at least 16, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha initially said Tuesday morning.
“The number of wounded in the Russian overnight strike on Dnipro has risen to 16,” Hanzha said in a Telegram post. “This enemy attack has claimed the lives of four people.”
However, later he clarified that six people were killed in Dnipro and 33 others were injured.
“A 22-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman are in serious condition. Twenty-four people, including a 16-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, are hospitalized in moderate condition. The rest will receive outpatient treatment,” the statement said.
According to Hanzha, the attack partially destroyed a two-story building and damaged several apartments in a four-story residential building.
In an update at 8:54 a.m., Ganzha said that another person injured in the Russian attack on Dnipro had died in the hospital. Doctors were unable to save the 60-year-old man due to the severity of his injuries.
“The overnight enemy attack on the city has now claimed seven lives. Thirty-five people were injured, including three children. Twenty of the wounded remain hospitalized, four of them in critical condition,” he said.
Ganzha added that emergency services continue to work at the strike sites, while damage assessments are ongoing. According to preliminary information, 50 residential buildings were damaged and more than 2,000 windows were shattered.
In a 9:35 a.m. update, the governor revealed the number of fatalities had increased to eight.
“The Russian attack on Dnipro claimed the life of a small boy. Rescuers recovered the body of a child born in 2023 from the rubble of a four-story building damaged in the strike. Tonight, the Russians killed eight people in Dnipro,” he said.
In a report at 11:52 a.m., Ganzha said the death toll in the city had increased to 11:
“Already 11 dead... Two of them are children. Rescuers pulled the bodies of a woman and an 8-year-old boy from under the ruins of a four-story building damaged by the enemy in Dnipro,” he wrote.
According to his information, 37 people are known to have been injured, 22 of whom remain in hospital. They sustained shrapnel wounds, fractures, lacerations and cuts, as well as mine-explosive and acoustic-barotrauma injuries.
In his latest update, the governor said the death toll had risen to 12.
“Emergency responders have recovered the body of a woman from the rubble of a residential building. Search and rescue operations are ongoing,” Ganzha wrote.
In a 5:00 p.m. update, local authorities reported that death toll has risen to 15.
In the city of Kamianske, an administrative building and several apartment blocks were damaged. Three people were injured – a 50-year-old man and two women aged 49 and 72. All were hospitalized in stable condition.
Later, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post that the death toll in Dnipro has risen to nine.
“Nine people were killed in this attack, including a child. Thirty-five people were injured in the city. The fate of six more people is unknown. The search for them will continue as long as necessary,” he wrote.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that residential buildings, a car dealership, a municipal enterprise, an academy, utility facilities, a gas station, and a Ministry of Internal Affairs service center were damaged in Kyiv.
“It was a difficult night for Dnipro and Kharkiv as well. Apartment buildings were destroyed in Dnipro... Among the victims is our rescuer, Deputy Head of the fire and rescue unit, Major Anton Yarmolenko,” Klymenko wrote.
“At the time of the impact, he was on his way to respond to a call. My sincere condolences to his family and colleagues,” he added.
According to him, one rescuer and two civilians were also injured in Kamianske that night.
Russian forces also struck Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine overnight, hitting two districts of the city, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
The Russian drone hit an industrial zone in the Osnovianskyi district, while another strike was recorded in the Slobidskyi district. Terekhov said there were casualties in the Osnovianskyi district and that a fire broke out at the site of the strike.
Later, the head of the Kharkiv military administration (OVA), Oleh Syniehubov, reported the number of victims in the city’s Slobidskyi district had risen to eight. Seven people suffered acute stress reactions, while another woman was injured by shattered glass. All received medical assistance.
As per Klymenko’s report, in Kharkiv, residential buildings and a food enterprise were damaged, and more than 10 people were injured.
Damage to civilian infrastructure was also recorded in the Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Part of massive overnight assault on Ukraine
The attacks were part of a large-scale Russian missile and drone assault across Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russian forces launched Kalibr cruise missiles toward Ukraine from the Caspian Sea.
Air defense warnings were activated nationwide after tactical units identified the threat of ballistic strikes incoming from Russia’s east and northeast.
The strikes follow recent intelligence briefings highlighted by Zelensky, who had warned that Moscow was actively preparing a massive nationwide offensive. Zelensky reiterated that reinforcing Ukraine’s air defense umbrella and securing additional Western interceptors remain Kyiv’s top priority.
Russia has repeatedly launched combined missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities, killing civilians. Ukrainian prosecutors and international monitors continue to document these attacks as potential war crimes, including for future proceedings before the International Criminal Court.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/77313
[UPDATED: June 2, 3:11 pm , Kyiv time. Updated with the latest casualty figures from Kyiv authorities. Updated with a report of an increase in the number of dead and wounded in Kyiv. Updated with a report of an increased death toll in Dnipro. Updated with a report of an increase in the number of injured in Kyiv.]
Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack across Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday, June 2, killing at least 18 people and injuring over 100 others as strikes hit Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Kyiv region, local authorities said.
The overnight assault triggered fires, damaged multi-story residential buildings across several regions and knocked out power in parts of the capital.
In Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported that five people were killed.
“One victim died in hospital. Five people died as a result of the attack on the capital on June 2.”
According to the State Emergency Service (DSNS), as of 8 a.m., four people had been killed and 58 injured in Kyiv, including three children.
“Rescuers continue to deal with the consequences of the large-scale Russian attack,” the report says.
Later, DSNS clarified that the number of victims had risen to 64. Among those injured by shrapnel is a three-year-old child, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
“Rescue operations have been completed in the Podilskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts. Firefighters extinguished fires in the Obolonskyi, Darnytskyi, and Holosiivskyi districts,” the rescuers reported.
Emergency crews are still eliminating the aftermath of the overnight and morning strikes.
In his latest update at 12:41 p.m., Klitschko said 66 residents of the capital were injured, and six people were killed.
The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA), Tymur Tkachenko, said the number of injured had risen to 79. Among them were three children aged 3, 11, and 17.
According to him, rescuers are still working at several locations, so the number of injured and dead is likely to change. Most of the fires had already been extinguished.
Residential buildings damaged across Kyiv
Kyiv’s air raid alert lasted more than three hours before the all-clear was announced at 4:39 a.m.
Falling debris and strikes caused damage across several districts of the capital.
In the Podilskyi district, a repeat strike on a nine-story residential building caused a partial structural collapse. Klitschko warned that people could be trapped under the rubble. Non-residential buildings and vehicles also caught fire in the district.
In the Shevchenkivskyi district, a missile likely hit a 24-story residential building, causing a fire on the fourth and fifth floors.
In the Solomianskyi district, the upper floors of a 15-story residential building were damaged. Authorities also reported a fire in a 24-story building on the seventh and eighth floors.
In the Holosiivskyi district, a medical facility suffered damage, with the second and third floors partially collapsing after a strike and fire. Fires were also reported at non-residential buildings, kiosks and an auto park.
In the Obolonskyi district, drone debris fell near a kindergarten, while a fire broke out at an unfinished construction site. In the Darnytskyi district, falling debris caused a fire on the territory of a gas station and later at a non-residential building. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, a fire broke out on the first floor of a high-rise residential building.
Klitschko also said power outages were reported in the Podilskyi, Obolonskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts.
Fifteen killed in Dnipro, Kharkiv also hit
The attack extended beyond the capital, with deadly strikes reported in Dnipro and damage in Kharkiv.
In Dnipro, overnight strikes killed four people and wounded at least 16, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha initially said Tuesday morning.
“The number of wounded in the Russian overnight strike on Dnipro has risen to 16,” Hanzha said in a Telegram post. “This enemy attack has claimed the lives of four people.”
However, later he clarified that six people were killed in Dnipro and 33 others were injured.
“A 22-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman are in serious condition. Twenty-four people, including a 16-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, are hospitalized in moderate condition. The rest will receive outpatient treatment,” the statement said.
According to Hanzha, the attack partially destroyed a two-story building and damaged several apartments in a four-story residential building.
In an update at 8:54 a.m., Ganzha said that another person injured in the Russian attack on Dnipro had died in the hospital. Doctors were unable to save the 60-year-old man due to the severity of his injuries.
“The overnight enemy attack on the city has now claimed seven lives. Thirty-five people were injured, including three children. Twenty of the wounded remain hospitalized, four of them in critical condition,” he said.
Ganzha added that emergency services continue to work at the strike sites, while damage assessments are ongoing. According to preliminary information, 50 residential buildings were damaged and more than 2,000 windows were shattered.
In a 9:35 a.m. update, the governor revealed the number of fatalities had increased to eight.
“The Russian attack on Dnipro claimed the life of a small boy. Rescuers recovered the body of a child born in 2023 from the rubble of a four-story building damaged in the strike. Tonight, the Russians killed eight people in Dnipro,” he said.
In a report at 11:52 a.m., Ganzha said the death toll in the city had increased to 11:
“Already 11 dead... Two of them are children. Rescuers pulled the bodies of a woman and an 8-year-old boy from under the ruins of a four-story building damaged by the enemy in Dnipro,” he wrote.
According to his information, 37 people are known to have been injured, 22 of whom remain in hospital. They sustained shrapnel wounds, fractures, lacerations and cuts, as well as mine-explosive and acoustic-barotrauma injuries.
In his latest update, the governor said the death toll had risen to 12.
“Emergency responders have recovered the body of a woman from the rubble of a residential building. Search and rescue operations are ongoing,” Ganzha wrote.
In a 5:00 p.m. update, local authorities reported that death toll has risen to 15.
In the city of Kamianske, an administrative building and several apartment blocks were damaged. Three people were injured – a 50-year-old man and two women aged 49 and 72. All were hospitalized in stable condition.
Later, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post that the death toll in Dnipro has risen to nine.
“Nine people were killed in this attack, including a child. Thirty-five people were injured in the city. The fate of six more people is unknown. The search for them will continue as long as necessary,” he wrote.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that residential buildings, a car dealership, a municipal enterprise, an academy, utility facilities, a gas station, and a Ministry of Internal Affairs service center were damaged in Kyiv.
“It was a difficult night for Dnipro and Kharkiv as well. Apartment buildings were destroyed in Dnipro... Among the victims is our rescuer, Deputy Head of the fire and rescue unit, Major Anton Yarmolenko,” Klymenko wrote.
“At the time of the impact, he was on his way to respond to a call. My sincere condolences to his family and colleagues,” he added.
According to him, one rescuer and two civilians were also injured in Kamianske that night.
Russian forces also struck Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine overnight, hitting two districts of the city, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
The Russian drone hit an industrial zone in the Osnovianskyi district, while another strike was recorded in the Slobidskyi district. Terekhov said there were casualties in the Osnovianskyi district and that a fire broke out at the site of the strike.
Later, the head of the Kharkiv military administration (OVA), Oleh Syniehubov, reported the number of victims in the city’s Slobidskyi district had risen to eight. Seven people suffered acute stress reactions, while another woman was injured by shattered glass. All received medical assistance.
As per Klymenko’s report, in Kharkiv, residential buildings and a food enterprise were damaged, and more than 10 people were injured.
Damage to civilian infrastructure was also recorded in the Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Part of massive overnight assault on Ukraine
The attacks were part of a large-scale Russian missile and drone assault across Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russian forces launched Kalibr cruise missiles toward Ukraine from the Caspian Sea.
Air defense warnings were activated nationwide after tactical units identified the threat of ballistic strikes incoming from Russia’s east and northeast.
The strikes follow recent intelligence briefings highlighted by Zelensky, who had warned that Moscow was actively preparing a massive nationwide offensive. Zelensky reiterated that reinforcing Ukraine’s air defense umbrella and securing additional Western interceptors remain Kyiv’s top priority.
Russia has repeatedly launched combined missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities, killing civilians. Ukrainian prosecutors and international monitors continue to document these attacks as potential war crimes, including for future proceedings before the International Criminal Court.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/77313
