At least four killed in Kyiv in Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine

Published connected 06/06/2025 - 8:09 GMT+2•Updated 9:18

Russia launched a large-scale rocket and drone onslaught connected Ukrainian cities, sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 group successful Kyiv and injuring 20 others, metropolis politician Vitali Klitschko said, arsenic aerial ambush sirens rang retired during a wider mixed onslaught crossed Ukraine.

Klitschko said hunt and rescue operations were nether measurement astatine respective locations.

Multiple explosions were heard successful nan capital, Kyiv, wherever falling debris sparked fires crossed respective districts arsenic aerial defence systems attempted to intercept incoming targets, said Tymur Tkachenko, caput of nan Kyiv City Administration.

“Our aerial defence crews are doing everything possible. But we must protect 1 different — enactment safe,” Tkachenko wrote connected Telegram.

Authorities reported harm successful respective districts, and rescue workers were responding astatine aggregate locations. They urged residents to activity shelter.

In Solomyanskyi district, a occurrence collapsed retired connected nan 11th level of a 16-story residential building. Emergency services evacuated 3 group from nan apartment, and rescue operations were ongoing. Another occurrence collapsed retired successful a metallic warehouse.

Tkachenko said nan metro tracks betwixt 2 stations successful Kyiv were damaged successful nan attack, but nary occurrence aliases injuries occurred.

In nan bluish Chernihiv region, a Shahed drone exploded adjacent an flat building, shattering windows and doors, according to location subject management main Dmytro Bryzhynskyi. He added that explosions from ballistic missiles were besides recorded connected nan outskirts of nan city.

The nighttime onslaught came hours aft US President Donald Trump said it mightiness beryllium amended to fto Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” earlier pulling them isolated and pursuing peace, successful comments that were a singular detour from Trump’s often-stated appeals to extremity nan three-year war.

Trump said arsenic he met pinch Germany’s caller chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who appealed to him arsenic nan “key personification successful nan world” who could halt nan bloodshed by pressuring Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump this week said connected nan telephone pinch Putin, who vowed to retaliate for Ukraine’s daring drone attacks connected Russian subject airfields that had taken spot connected Sunday.