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10 killed in Ukraine as locals compare Russian attack to 'apocalypse'

The death toll from a major overnight Russian attack has surged to 10, while almost 100 have been reported wounded.

Residents across multiple Ukrainian cities took to bomb shelters and underground metro stations, with some carrying belongings and mattresses, as the sound of defence systems repelling Russian attacks filled the air.

Large explosions and plumes of smoke were seen billowing over high-rise buildings in Kyiv, where strikes killed ⁠four people and wounded 58, including children, according to the capital's mayor Vitali ​Klitschko.

More explosions were heard in the capital after dawn, a witness told Reuters.

"We couldn't understand what was happening – some kind of apocalypse?" said Olha Mudra, speaking at the site of one strike, accompanied by her six-year-old daughter Natalia.

"Everything was covered (with debris), everything in smoke, you could see nothing," she added, as ⁠she stood in front of a destroyed residential building and damaged cars.

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 06:31

140,000 in Kyiv without power after major Russian attack

An overnight Russian attack cut electricity to 140,000 residents of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, power company DTEK said this morning.

Utility workers had ‌since restored ‌electricity to ⁠110,000 residents, DTEK said, adding that two of its engineers ‌had ​been injured.

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 07:32

11 killed, 108 injured: A look at deaths and injuries from one of Russia's biggest attacks

Overnight, Russia unleashed 73 missiles and 656 drones across Ukraine, according to the country’s air force, with the main targets including Kyiv, the central city of Dnipro, and the eastern cities of Poltava, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.

Ukrainian air defence said its forces destroyed and suppressed 40 missiles and 602 drones. This is one of the biggest attacks Russia has launched on its smaller neighbour since the start of the full-scale invasion and war in February 2022.

They confirmed 30 ballistic missiles, three cruise missiles and 33 drones hit at least 38 locations. Debris from destroyed drones fell on 15 locations, the air force said.

Here’s a look at the mounting casualties so far:

Kyiv

At least four people were killed in Kyiv and 58 people were injured, including three children, Ukraine's state emergency service said in a statement on Telegram. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were damaged in eight of Kyiv's districts.

Dnipro

In the central Dnipropetrovsk region, at least six people were killed and 36 others injured after Russian strikes hit the city of Dnipro, according to the emergency service.

A second attack as first responders arrived at the scene killed one rescuer.

Kharkiv

Just miles away from the active frontline in Kharkiv, at least 14 people were injured and residential homes, garages and cars were damaged, local officials said.

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 07:19

Russia says it hit Ukraine with high-precision long-range weapons overnight

Russian officials have confirmed they carried out a deadly attack on several Ukrainian cities overnight and used high-precision long-range weapons.

The attacks have killed at least 10 people and injured more than 100 across Ukraine.

Explosions have echoed through most of the night and into the early morning. Kyiv had been bracing for another mass attack for days, after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was preparing a renewed assault and urged people to remain cautious and seek shelter during air raid alerts.

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 07:05

Russian spies are going after Western technology – they care less about being caught

Russian intelligence agencies have grown more aggressive in their efforts to steal Western technology and defence secrets, as sanctions squeeze the country's wartime economy, three senior European intelligence officials have told The Associated Press.

“They really know what they need,” and are putting “serious effort” into acquiring advanced machine tools, factory equipment, research and dual-use technology, said Christoffer Wedelin, deputy head of operations at the Swedish Security Service.

Moscow's agents are reportedly establishing shell companies, recruiting intermediaries, and deploying cyber spies and hackers. They are gathering intelligence that could also be used to target critical infrastructure.

Four years of international sanctions have curtailed Moscow's procurement of machinery, technology, and research from Europe. The grinding war in Ukraine has simultaneously taxed key industries, pushing the country towards a potential financial crisis.

Russian spies are going after Western technology – they care less about being caught

Russia needs sanctioned computer technology and software updates for machine tools

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 06:45

Zelensky says there are 'no safe roads left' for occupying Russian forces

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine's military was now capable of hitting Russian logistics throughout occupied areas of Ukraine and had created shortages of fuel in Crimea and other Russian-held regions.

"Our troops ‌are now capable of reaching ‌Russian military logistics across ‌virtually the entire depth of the ⁠temporarily occupied territories," Zelensky said in his nightly video address.

“In practice, there are almost no safe ‌roads left ​for the occupier ‌in the ⁠south and east ⁠of our country,” he warned.

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 06:13

Zelensky's top aide says peace deal by winter is 'realistic'

A peace deal to end the war against Russia by winter is a “realistic” outcome, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov has said.

His remarks come just a day after Zelensky said Ukraine has a limited window to negotiate with Russia – till the winter – as it has the advantage of holding the strategic initiative on the battlefield against Russian forces.

Budanov said he expected a US delegation to ‌visit Moscow and Kyiv in the near future, without giving details.

“This is the president's instruction: to try to end this war as soon as possible... preferably before winter," he told reporters at a press conference.

“In my opinion, this is absolutely correct, timely, and realistic," he said.

Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials have said the advance of Russian forces ‌has slowed on the ground while ​Ukraine has intensified a campaign of long-range ‌strikes inside Russia, targeting ⁠mainly the oil industry.

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 05:58

Putin claims Ukraine opened 'new page' with attacks on Luhansk and southern Kherson region

Russian president Vladimir Putin said Ukraine had "opened a new page in a series of crimes” with its strikes on a dormitory in northeastern Luhansk region and on an apartment building in a Russian-held part of Ukraine's Kherson region.

"Consciously committing the most ⁠serious crimes against children and ​teenagers ⁠at the teachers ‌college in Starobilsk, and now in Henichesk, the Kyiv leadership ‌has decided to open ‌a new page in the series of their crimes," he said, at a meeting to discuss the aftermath of the attack on the dormitory in Starobilsk.

The drone strike in the Russian-held town ‌of Starobilsk killed 21 people ​in late May, ‌while a drone ⁠attack on an apartment building ⁠in the Russian-held town of ‌Henichesk on Sunday ​killed one ‌child and injured ​11.

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 05:47

Zelensky says Russia's oil refining capacity slashed by 40 per cent

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said his country’s forces have attacked at least 15 Russian oil refineries since January this year, reducing its ability to refine fuel significantly.

“Between January and May this year, our warriors struck 15 Russian oil refineries. Russia has already imposed bans on exports of aviation fuel and gasoline, and is also considering a ban on diesel exports. As of May, nearly 40 per cent of Russia’s primary oil refining capacity is offline,” Zelensky said in his nightly address.

“For a country that until very recently was called a gas station, losing even this is a major event. A major loss,” he said.

Referring to an intelligence report from yesterday on Russia’s economic losses, Zelensky said Russia “will crash into this wall of a real crisis because of its own foolishness”.

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 05:35

Death toll in Ukraine rises to nine as 60 injured in major Russian assault

Russian air attacks on major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv killed at least nine and wounded more than 60 in the early hours today, authorities said, following days of warnings that Moscow was planning a major assault.

Of these, five people were killed and 25 injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on the southeastern city of Dnipro, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on his Telegram channel.

All the ​injured ⁠were in hospital in moderate condition, he added, posting pictures of destroyed residential buildings, burnt-out vehicles and a damaged children's playground.

Arpan Rai2 June 2026 04:58