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Russia attacked 2 Ukrainian cities with waves of drones and missiles aboriginal connected Tuesday (June 10, 2025), sidesplitting 3 persons and wounding astatine slightest 13 successful what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called “one of the biggest” strikes successful the three-year-old war.
The onslaught struck Kyiv and the confederate larboard metropolis of Odesa. In an online statement, Mr. Zelenskyy said that Moscow's forces fired implicit 315 drones, astir of them Shaheds, and 7 missiles overnight.
“Russian rocket and Shahed strikes are louder than the efforts of the United States and others astir the satellite to unit Russia into peace,” Mr. Zelenskyy wrote, urging “concrete action” from the U.S. and Europe successful effect to the attack.
A maternity infirmary and residential buildings successful the confederate larboard of Odesa were damaged successful the attack, determination caput Oleh Kiper said. Two persons were killed and 9 injured, according to the determination prosecutor's office.
Another idiosyncratic was killed successful Kyiv's Obolon district, determination caput Tymur Tkachenko wrote connected Telegram.
“Russian strikes are erstwhile again hitting not subject targets but the lives of mean people. This erstwhile again shows the existent quality of what we are dealing with,” helium said.
Explosions and the buzzing of drones were heard astir the metropolis for hours.
The caller attacks came a time aft Moscow launched astir 500 drones astatine Ukraine successful the biggest overnight drone bombardment successful the war. Ukrainian and Western officials person been anticipating a Russian effect to Kyiv's audacious June 1 drone onslaught connected distant Russian aerial bases.
Russia has been launching a record-breaking fig of drones and missiles successful caller days, contempt some sides trading memoranda during nonstop bid talks successful Istanbul connected June 2 that acceptable retired conditions for a imaginable ceasefire. However, the inclusion of clauses that some sides spot arsenic nonstarters marque immoderate speedy woody unlikely, and a ceasefire, agelong sought by Kyiv, remains elusive.
The lone tangible result of the talks has been successful the speech of prisoners of war, with a swap that began Monday for soldiers aged betwixt 18 and 25.
Amina Ivanchenko was reunited Monday with her husband, a POW for 18 months, and she thanked Ukrainian officials for supporting her.
“My conflict was overmuch easier acknowledgment to them. Our state volition decidedly instrumentality everyone. Glory to Ukraine! Thank you!”
Anastasia Nahorna waited successful the Chernyhiv portion to spot if her husband, who has been missing for 8 months, was among those being released successful the latest swap.
“This symptom is much unbearable each day,” she said. “I truly privation to perceive immoderate news, due to the fact that since the infinitesimal of his disappearance, unfortunately, determination has been nary information. Is helium alive? oregon possibly successful captivity? Has idiosyncratic seen him?” she asked.
Anna Rodionova, the woman of different Ukrainian POW, besides was waiting.
“I conscionable privation him to travel backmost soon and for this to each beryllium over,” she said. “We are bushed of waiting, we travel each speech and helium is not there.”
A akin speech besides was announced for the bodies of fallen soldiers held by some sides, though nary docket has been released. Asked to remark connected the speech of bodies with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said it was unclear erstwhile it could instrumentality spot and however galore bodies Ukraine would manus over. He again accused Kyiv of dragging its feet connected the exchange.
“There is 1 unarguable fact, we person had trucks with bodies lasting acceptable for it connected the borderline for respective days,” helium told reporters.
Plumes of fume roseate successful Kyiv arsenic aerial defence forces worked to sprout down drones and missiles Tuesday.
Viktoriia Melnyk, 30, vented her choler astatine the Russians aft her gathering successful the Obolonskyi territory was struck by a drone.
“I privation them to permission our territory, to permission america alone, to permission our families alone," she said. "Small children are dying. This is not normal. It’s not mean that (the world) is turning away. This is not mean for the 21st century.”
Other residents took structure and slept successful metro stations during the agelong attack. Nina Nosivets, 32, and her 8-month-old son, Levko, were among them.
“I conscionable effort not to deliberation astir each this, silently curled up similar a mouse, hold until it each passes, the attacks. Distract the kid someway due to the fact that it's astir apt the hardest happening for him to bear," she said.
Krystyna Semak, 37, said the explosions frightened her and she ran to the metro astatine 2 a.m., carrying a rug.
Fires broke retired successful astatine slightest 4 Kyiv districts aft debris from downed drones fell onto residential buildings and warehouses, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration.
“I was lying successful bed, arsenic ever hoping that these Shaheds would alert past me, and I heard that Shahed (that deed the house),” said Vasyl Pesenko, 25, lasting successful his damaged kitchen. “I thought that it would alert away, but it flew person and person and everything blew away.”
The onslaught sparked 19 fires crossed Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote connected Telegram. “Russia indispensable reply for each transgression it commits. Until determination is justice, determination volition beryllium nary security. For Ukraine. And for the world,” helium said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said an onslaught aboriginal Tuesday targeted arms plants successful Kyiv, arsenic good arsenic subject headquarters, troops locations, aerial bases and arms depots crossed Ukraine. “The goals of the strikes person been achieved, each the designated targets person been hit,” it said successful a statement.
The decease toll from erstwhile Russian strikes besides roseate Tuesday. In Kharkiv, rescuers recovered a assemblage nether the rubble of a gathering that was deed successful an onslaught Saturday, Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote connected Telegram. The find brought the fig of casualties determination to five, with 5 others perchance nether the debris, Terekhov said.
Meanwhile, successful the bluish metropolis of Sumy, a 17-year-old lad died of his injuries Tuesday aft a June 3 attack, acting Mayor Artem Kobzar wrote connected Telegram. It brought the fig killed successful the onslaught to six.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported downing 102 Ukrainian drones implicit Russian regions and Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine successful 2014.
The drones were downed some implicit regions connected the borderline with Ukraine and deeper wrong Russia, including cardinal Moscow and Leningrad regions, according to the Defense Ministry.
Because of the drone attack, flights were temporarily restricted astatine aggregate Russian airports, including each 4 successful Moscow and the Pulkovo airdrome successful St. Petersburg, the country’s second-largest city.
Published - June 10, 2025 10:03 p.m. IST
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