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Multiple waves of missiles and drone strikes targeted Kiev and other parts of Ukraine over the night of June 5 and 6, in what was described as one of Russia’s largest attacks against the country since the start of the special military operation.
Blasts were reported across several districts of Kiev and its suburbs. Surveillance footage from a CCTV camera somewhere in the Ukrainian capital appeared to show the moment a United States-supplied MIM-104 Patriot air defense system attempted to engage an incoming missile, most likely an Iskander-M, with four interceptors before apparently being hit.
The capital’s Mayor Vitaly Klitschko later claimed that at least four people were killed and 20 wounded as a result of the strikes.
Strikes were also reported in the western regions of Ternopol, Lviv, and Volyn, as well as in the central region of Kremenchug, and elsewhere across Ukraine.
Videos from Ternopol showed multiple large fires, with reports suggesting that at least two factories, including one that opened recently, were struck.
Other footage from the city of Lutsk in Volyn showed at least four cruise missiles, reportedly Kh-101s, dropping flares before impacting their targets in an industrial zone. The Mayor Ihor Polishchuk claimed that five people were wounded, without clarifying what was hit.
The Russian military regularly carries out drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian military infrastructure. The overnight attack was, however, one of the largest in recent months.
Earlier this week, a sabotage attack with drones claimed by the Ukrainian intelligence targeted multiple bases in Russia hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers. Kiev also targeted several civilian sites within Russia in acts of railway sabotage over the weekend, killing at least seven people and injuring over 120.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on June 4 that Moscow “will have to respond” to the attack on the country’s nuclear deterrent.
It is still unclear whether the overnight attack was the response promised by Putin or if further Russian strikes can be expected in the coming days.
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