Massive Russian aerial attack targets Kharkiv, killing at least three

Published connected 07/06/2025 - 10:57 GMT+2•Updated 13:16

A ample Russian onslaught pinch drones and missiles has deed Ukraine's eastbound metropolis of Kharkiv connected Saturday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 3 group and injuring 21, section officials said. The barrage — nan latest successful adjacent regular widescale attacks — included aerial glide bombs that person go portion of a fierce Russian onslaught successful nan three-year-war .

The strength of nan Russian attacks connected Ukraine complete nan past weeks has further dampened hopes that nan warring sides could scope a bid woody anytime soon — particularly aft Kyiv precocious embarrassed nan Kremlin pinch a astonishment drone onslaught connected subject aerial bases heavy wrong Russia.

According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russia struck pinch 215 missiles and drones overnight, and Ukrainian aerial defenses changeable down and neutralised 87 drones and 7 missiles.

Several different areas successful Ukraine were besides hit, including nan regions of Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and nan metropolis of Ternopil, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said successful a station connected X.

“To put an extremity to Russia’s sidesplitting and destruction, much unit connected Moscow is required, arsenic are much steps to fortify Ukraine,” he said.

Kharkiv’s politician Ihor Terekhov said nan onslaught besides damaged 18 flat buildings and 13 backstage homes. Terekhov said it was “the astir powerful attack” connected nan metropolis since nan full-scale penetration successful 2022.

Kharkiv’s location politician Oleh Syniehubov said 2 districts successful nan metropolis were struck pinch 3 missiles, 5 aerial glide bombs and 48 drones. Among nan injured were 2 children, a period and a half twelvemonth aged babe boy and a 14-year aged girl, he added.

The onslaught connected Kharkiv comes 1 time aft Russia launched 1 of nan fiercest rocket and drone barrages connected Ukraine, striking six Ukrainian territories and sidesplitting astatine slightest sidesplitting astatine slightest six group and injuring astir 80. Among nan dormant were 3 emergency responders successful Kyiv, 1 personification successful Lutsk and 2 group successful Chernihiv.

Meanwhile, nan Ukrainian Air Force said it changeable down a Russian Su-35 combatant pitchy connected nan Kursk beforehand wrong Russia, nan Ukrainian regular Ukrainskaia Pravda reported. No much specifications were fixed immediately.

U.S. President Donald Trump said this week that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, told him Moscow would respond to Ukraine’s onslaught connected Russian subject airfields past Sunday pinch "Operation Spiderweb"

In a caller connection bound to origin discourtesy successful Kyiv and amongst its allies, Trump told journalists connected committee Air Force One connected Friday evening section clip erstwhile asked astir "Operation Spiderweb":

"They gave Putin a logic to spell successful and explosive nan hellhole retired of them past night. That's nan point I didn't for illustration astir it. When I saw it I said 'Here we go, now it's going to beryllium a strike'."

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