Russia attacked the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight using drones, missiles and guided bombs, killing at least three people and injuring 22, including a one-and-a-half-month-old baby, the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said.
Kharkiv, one of Ukraine’s largest cities, is located just a few dozen kilometres from the Russian border and has been under constant Russian shelling during more than three years of war.
This photograph shows a smoke rising from a fire following powerful attacks to Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early on June 7. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)Dozens of explosions were heard in the city through the night and Russian troops were striking simultaneously with missiles, drones and guided aerial bombs, he said.
Photos by local authorities and Reuters showed burnt and partially destroyed houses and vehicles, and of rescuers carrying those injured to safety and removing debris.
A firefighter extinguishes a fire at a civilian plant following Russian powerful attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early on June 7, 2025 (Photo: Sergey Bobok/AFP)Multi-storey and private residential buildings, educational and infrastructure facilities were attacked, the city mayor Ihor Terekhov said (Photo by Sergey Bobok/AFP)Russia launched 206 drones, two ballistic and seven other missiles against Ukraine overnight and hit 10 locations, according to the Ukrainian military.
The strikes come after Russia hit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early on Friday.
“Nine drones were shot down overnight and the day before in the skies over the region,” he said in a post on Telegram.
He said: “Well, they gave Putin a reason to go in and bomb the hell out of them last night. That’s the thing I didn’t like about it. When I saw it I said, ‘here we go’.”
Posting on Truth Social after the conversation, the US President said: “We discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides. It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace.
What progress are peace talks making?
Peace talks between Russian and Ukraine delegates have not delivered any significant breakthroughs.
Zelensky said Putin is “buying himself time to keep waging war”.
After a second round of talks on Monday in Istanbul, the two sides again to find a resolution bar a prisoner exchange and committing to the return the bodies of dead soldiers.
Additional reporting by Reuters
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