Russian attacks kill 3 as drones hit Kharkiv amid stalled peace talks

Firefighters tackle a blaze aft a Russian onslaught that deed a residential gathering successful Kharkiv, Ukraine, connected June 11, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP

Russian forces launched a caller drone battle crossed Ukraine overnight Wednesday (June 11, 2025), sidesplitting 3 radical and wounding 60 more, Ukrainian officials said.

One of the hardest-hit areas was the metropolis of Kharkiv successful northeastern Ukraine, wherever 17 onslaught drones struck 2 residential districts, said Mayor Ihor Terekhov. Emergency crews, municipal workers and volunteers worked done the nighttime to extinguish fires, rescue residents from burning homes, and reconstruct gas, energy and h2o services.

“Those are mean sites of peaceful beingness — those that should ne'er beryllium targeted,” Mr. Terekhov wrote connected Telegram.

Three radical were confirmed killed and astatine slightest 60 injured, including 9 children aged betwixt 2 and 15, according to Kharkiv determination caput Oleh Syniehubov.

Repeatedly targeted

Kharkiv has been repeatedly targeted often successful caller months arsenic Russia had launched repeated large-scale drone and rocket attacks connected civilian infrastructure.

Moscow's forces person deployed precocious numbers of drones and missiles successful caller days, with a grounds bombardment of astir 500 drones connected Monday and a question of 315 drones and 7 missiles overnight connected Tuesday.

The attacks travel contempt discussions of a imaginable ceasefire. The 2 sides traded memoranda astatine direct bid talks successful Istanbul connected June 2 that acceptable retired conditions. However, the inclusion of clauses that some sides spot arsenic nonstarters marque immoderate speedy woody unlikely.

Wednesday's strikes besides caused wide demolition successful the Slobidskyi and Osnovianskyi districts, hitting flat buildings, backstage homes, playgrounds, concern sites and nationalist transport. Images from the country published by Ukraine's Emergency Service connected Telegram showed burning apartments, shattered windows and firefighters battling the blaze.

“We basal strong. We assistance 1 another. And we volition endure,” Mr. Terekhov said. “Kharkiv is Ukraine. And it cannot beryllium broken.”

Ukraine's aerial unit said that 85 onslaught and decoy drones were fired implicit the state overnight. Air defence systems intercepted 40 of the drones, portion 9 much failed to scope their targets without causing damage.

Published - June 11, 2025 01:10 p.m. IST