{"id":1380665,"date":"2026-06-02T09:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1380665"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:21:45","slug":"65-injured-fatalities-reported-as-russian-forces-launch-massive-attack-on-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/65-injured-fatalities-reported-as-russian-forces-launch-massive-attack-on-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"65 Injured, Fatalities Reported as Russian Forces Launch Massive Attack on Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>During the night of June 2, Russia carried out a massive combined attack against Ukraine using attack drones as well as air-, sea-, and ground-launched missiles. The main target was Kyiv, while Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava Oblast and other regions were also attacked, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports, citing the Ukrainian Air Force.<\/p>\n   <p>The large-scale strike on Kyiv killed four people and injured at least 65 others, including two children. Residential buildings caught fire and urban infrastructure sustained significant damage.<\/p>\n   <p>Damage was recorded in seven districts of the Ukrainian capital.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cToday has been a very difficult morning for Kyiv. The attacks began as early as 8 p.m. the previous day. The occupiers repeatedly attacked the city with both drones and ballistic missiles,\u201d FREE\u0414OM correspondent Andrii Dmytrenko reported.<\/p>\n   <p>According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, at least 58 residents were injured and four people were killed.<\/p>\n   <p>Emergency services are continuing to work at all affected sites, dealing with the consequences of the attack while residents recover from another night of Russian terror.<\/p>\n   <p>According to the Ukrainian Air Force, radar systems detected 729 enemy aerial attack assets: 73 missiles and 656 drones of various types, including:<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eight 3M22 Zircon missiles launched from occupied Crimea and Russia\u2019s Kursk region;<\/li>\n   <li>33 Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from Russia\u2019s Bryansk, Kursk, and Rostov regions, as well as occupied Crimea;<\/li>\n   <li>27 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from Russia\u2019s Vologda region;<\/li>\n   <li>Five Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea;<\/li>\n   <li>656 drones, including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, Banderol loitering munitions, and Parodiya decoy UAVs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n   <p>The drones were launched from the areas of Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n   <p>Ukrainian air defenses reportedly shot down or suppressed 642 aerial targets:<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>11 Iskander-M ballistic missiles;<\/li>\n   <li>26 Kh-101 cruise missiles;<\/li>\n   <li>Three Kalibr cruise missiles;<\/li>\n   <li>602 drones of various types.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n   <p>According to preliminary information, 30 ballistic missiles, three cruise missiles, and 33 attack drones struck 38 locations. Debris from intercepted drones fell at 15 additional sites.<\/p>\n   <p>The attack was repelled by Ukrainian aviation, air defense missile units, electronic warfare forces, unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups.<\/p>\n   <p>Earlier, six people, including a firefighter, were reported killed and another 36 injured in overnight Russian attacks on Dnipro and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-weaponizes-history-to-justify-war-against-ukraine-dutch-researcher-says\/\">Putin weaponizes history to justify war against Ukraine, Dutch researcher says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the night of June 2, Russia carried out a massive combined &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1380672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[72924,76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1380665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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