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    Russian forces killed and injured civilians across Ukraine in overnight attacks that targeted Ukrainian regions with 80 drones and four missiles on 2 June. While Russian leadership denies targeting civilian infrastructure, Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify these strikes as deliberate war crimes against homes, hospitals, schools, and energy facilities. This also comes on the day when Russian and Ukrainian officials are meeting in Istanbul, Türkiye, for the second
     

Seven-year-old among injured civilians in Russian attack on Ukraine ahead of Istanbul peace talks

2 juin 2025 à 06:38

Aftermath of the Russian drone and missile attack on Kharkiv on the night of 1-2 June.

Russian forces killed and injured civilians across Ukraine in overnight attacks that targeted Ukrainian regions with 80 drones and four missiles on 2 June.

While Russian leadership denies targeting civilian infrastructure, Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify these strikes as deliberate war crimes against homes, hospitals, schools, and energy facilities.
This also comes on the day when Russian and Ukrainian officials are meeting in Istanbul, Türkiye, for the second round of direct peace talks since 2022, aiming to find a resolution to the ongoing war. 

The Russian military deployed 80 Iranian-designed Shahed strike drones and decoy unmanned aerial vehicles, three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and one Iskander-K cruise missile, Ukraine’s Air Forces reported.

Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 52 targets across the eastern, southern and northern regions, with 15 enemy drones shot down by conventional weapons and 37 suppressed through electronic warfare systems.

The strikes primarily targeted Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Donetsk and Kherson oblasts, with confirmed hits recorded in 12 locations across the country.

Russian strike injures children in Kharkiv

Kharkiv experienced a two-phase assault beginning with drone strikes followed by missile attacks, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov and regional administration head Oleh Syniehubov.

Russian forces struck the Kyivsky district with two ballistic missiles, with one projectile hitting near an apartment building and another striking a road dozens of meters from a school.

A huge crater on the site where a Russian missile hit in Kharkiv on 2 June 2025. Photo: Mayor Ihor Terekhov

Aftermath of the Russian drone and missile attack on civilians in Kharkiv.

One ballistic missile hit near an apartment building and another struck a road dozens of meters from a school.

Six people sustained injuries, including two children with one being a seven-year-old boy.… pic.twitter.com/k7lRBRoSxO

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) June 2, 2025

Six people sustained injuries in the city, including two children with one victim being a seven-year-old boy.

The attacks damaged the facade of a dormitory, a civilian enterprise, three five-story residential buildings, private residences and vehicles.

Aftermath of the Russian drone and missile attack on civilians in Kharkiv on the night of 1-2 June.
Photos: State Emergency Service

Russia kills five civilians in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia Oblast killed five people and wounded nine others over a 24-hour period, according to regional military administration head Ivan Fedorov.

Russian forces conducted 593 strikes against 16 settlements, including a missile attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia itself.

A destroyed residential building in Zaporizhzhia Oblast after the Russian attack on 2 June. Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration

The overnight drone assault damaged residential buildings and infrastructure. One private house was completely destroyed while more than 60 others sustained damage, with four apartment buildings also affected.

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