Russian Attack on Dnipro Kills 9, Including Child, Kharkiv Also Hit
Russian overnight strikes killed 9 people and wounded at least 35 in Dnipro, Ukrainian authorities said. The attack partially destroyed a two-story building and damaged apartments in a four-story building. Kharkiv was also hit in two districts as Russia launched a wider missile and drone assault acr
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[UPDATED: June 2, 11:52 am
, Kyiv time. Updated with a report of a rising death toll.
Updated with a report of a rising number of dead and injured in Dnipro.
Updated with a report of a rising death toll in Dnipro.
Updated with reports of a rising death toll in Dnipro and details of the attack.]
Overnight strikes killed nine people and wounded at least 35 in Ukraine’s central-eastern city of Dnipro, according to the Ukrainian authoriries, marking the latest deadly attack in Moscow’s war against Ukraine.
“The number of wounded in the Russian overnight strike on Dnipro has risen to 16,” regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha initially said in a Telegram post Tuesday morning. “This enemy attack has claimed the lives of four people.”
Earlier, officials reported that a 73-year-old woman had been hospitalized in serious condition after the attack. Hanzha later said she had died from her injuries.
According to the governor, the strike partially destroyed a two-story building and damaged several apartments in a four-story residential building.
Later, he confirmed that six people were killed and 33 others were injured.
In an update at 8:54 a.m., Ganzha said that another person injured in the Russian attack on Dnipro had died in hospital. Doctors were unable to save the 60-year-old man due to the severity of his injuries.
“The overnight enemy attack on the city has now claimed seven lives. Thirty-five people were injured, including three children. Twenty of the wounded remain hospitalized, four of them in critical condition,” he said.
Ganzha added that emergency services continue to work at the strike sites, while damage assessments are ongoing. According to preliminary information, 50 residential buildings were damaged and more than 2,000 windows were shattered.
Russia struck Kyiv in a combined overnight missile and drone attack in the early hours of Tuesday, damaging residential buildings, causing fires and triggering power outages in several districts. Authorities reported possible people under rubble in Podilskyi district and fires in residential and civilian areas.
“A 22-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman are in serious condition. Twenty-four people, including a 16-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, are hospitalized in moderate condition. The rest will receive outpatient treatment,” the statement said.
In a 9:35 a.m. update, the governor said the number of fatalities had increased to eight.
“The Russian attack on Dnipro claimed the life of a small boy. Rescuers recovered the body of a child born in 2023 from the rubble of a four-story building damaged in the strike. Tonight, the Russians killed eight people in Dnipro,” he said.
Later, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post that the death toll in Dnipro has risen to nine.
“Nine people were killed in this attack, including a child. Thirty-five people were injured in the city. The fate of six more people is unknown. The search for them will continue as long as necessary,” he wrote.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that one of the victims in Dnipro was a rescuer, Deputy Head of the fire and rescue unit, Major Anton Yarmolenko.
“At the time of the impact, he was on his way to respond to a call. My sincere condolences to his family and colleagues,” he added.
Moreover, in the city of Kamianske, an administrative building and several apartment blocks were damaged. Three people were injured – a 50-year-old man and two women aged 49 and 72. All were hospitalized in stable condition.
According to Klymenko, one rescuer and two civilians were also injured in Kamianske overnight.
Kharkiv hit in two districts
Russian forces also struck Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine overnight, hitting two districts of the city, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
According to Terekhov, an enemy drone hit an industrial zone in the Osnovianskyi district. Another strike was also recorded in the Slobidskyi district.
“As a result of the shelling of the Osnovianskyi district, there are casualties – their number and condition are being clarified. There is a fire at the site of the strike in the district,” Terekhov said.
Klymenko clarified that in Kharkiv, residential buildings and a food enterprise were damaged, and more than 10 people were injured.
Damage to civilian infrastructure was also recorded in the Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions. In the Kyiv region, rescuers extinguished fires in residential buildings, a postal terminal, and vehicles.
Massive overnight assault on Ukraine
The attacks on Dnipro and Kharkiv came during a large-scale Russian missile and drone assault across Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday.
Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russian forces launched Kalibr cruise missiles toward Ukraine from the Caspian Sea.
Air raid warnings were declared in Kyiv and a number of regions because of the threat of Russian ballistic weapons and drones.
Kyiv also damaged
The overnight attack also hit Kyiv, where authorities reported damage to residential buildings, fires and power outages in several districts.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram post that power outages were reported in three districts of the capital: Podilskyi, Obolonskyi and Sviatoshynskyi.
In Podilskyi district, a nine-story residential building was hit again, causing structural collapse. Klitschko said people may have been trapped under the rubble.
In Shevchenkivskyi district, a missile likely hit a 24-story residential building, causing a fire on the fourth and fifth floors. In Solomianskyi district, the upper floors of a 15-story residential building were damaged.
Russia has repeatedly launched combined missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities, killing civilians. Ukrainian prosecutors and international monitors continue to document these attacks as potential war crimes, including for future proceedings before the International Criminal Court.
