A young couple planning to marry died in their home when a Russian missile struck their apartment building in Lutsk, burying them under the rubble.

Russian forces deployed six missiles and 15 Shahed drones against the city of Lutsk in western Ukraine. The strikes resulted in 30 people sustaining injuries, while the targeted eight-story residential building experienced partial destruction.

Mykola and Ivanna lived on the eighth floor but were found dead in the basement after the structure collapsed suffering direct impact from the strike. 

“Their car is parked next to the building, but they are not responding. We hoped for a miracle… But unfortunately, they were killed by Russian terrorists,” said Roman Kravchuk, a deputy on the Lutsk City Council.

Emergency responders found Mykola’s body on 6 June, while Ivanna’s remains were located at 4:15 a.m. the following day.

The large-scale attack on 6 June targeted also Kyiv, Ternopil, Lviv, and several other Ukrainian cities with a massive barrage of over 400 drones and more than 40 missiles, including cruise and ballistic types. The assault resulted in six people killed and around 80 injured alongside widespread destruction of residential buildings, infrastructure, and energy facilities.

“An army where no one is held accountable for losses dies from within.” With these words, Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Mykhailo Drapatyi, has announced he is resigning after a Russian attack on the Kyiv forces’ military training base. 

Drapatyi announced his decision via social media. 

“This is a conscious step, driven by my personal sense of responsibility for the tragedy at the 239th training ground… This is my responsibility,” he wrote on Telegram. 

The general emphasized that impunity and complicity are toxic for the army and admitted that his efforts to change the system were not enough.

“We have no right to live in a system that doesn’t learn… Without personal responsibility, there is no victory,” he claimed. 

Drapatyi said he had initiated a full review of the incident, including the commanders’ actions, the condition of the shelters, and the effectiveness of the alert system.

Ukraine’s military command reported that a commission and internal investigation had been launched into the strike, and promised that those responsible would be held strictly accountable.

During the war, Mykhailo Drapatyi rose through the ranks from battalion commander to Deputy Chief of the General Staff. In his previous roles, Drapatyi was responsible for planning military operations.

From the early days of Russia’s aggression in 2014, he led the 2nd Mechanized Battalion of the 72nd Brigade, which took part in the liberation of Mariupol in May of that year.

On 25 May, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy harshly condemned the overnight Russian attack that struck more than 10 regions of Ukraine. He accused the world of silence, which, he said, only encourages Putin to commit further crimes. 

During the 24-25 May night assault, Russia launched 14 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and deployed 250 Shahed drones and decoys.

“Today, rescue workers were active in over 30 Ukrainian towns and villages following the massive Russian strike,” Zelenskyy said.

Nearly 300 strike drones were launched by Russia overnight — most of them Shaheds. Almost 70 missiles of various types, including ballistic ones, were also used, the Ukrainian leader reported.

According to him, the targets included Kyiv and the surrounding region, as well as Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa, Poltava, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, and Cherkasy oblasts.

“Residential buildings were destroyed and damaged. In Kyiv, university dormitories belonging to the faculty of history were hit. There were also strikes on industrial facilities. Tragically, there are fatalities, including children. My condolences,” he wrote on social media.

Zelenskyy emphasized that Russia is dragging out this war and continues killing every day.

“The world may go on a weekend, but the war goes on — regardless of weekdays or holidays. This cannot be ignored. America’s silence, the silence of others around the world, only emboldens Putin. He must be forced to think not about launching missiles, but about ending the war,” the Ukrainian president said.

He called for new sanctions against Russia and stressed that this brutality cannot be stopped without truly strong pressure on the Russian leadership.

“Sanctions will absolutely help. Determination matters now—the determination of the US, of European countries, of all those in the world who seek peace,” he added. 

The Russian attack killed 12 people and injured more than 50 civilians.