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In photos: Russia launches a massive drone and missile strike on Ukraine, leaving 17 dead and nearly 100 injured

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The Russian military launched a massive missile and drone strike against Ukraine in the early hours of June 2. In Kyiv, multi-story apartment buildings were damaged. According to the latest reports, six people were killed and more than 60 were wounded in the capital. In Dnipro, the Russian attack killed 11 people, including two children, and wounded 37 others. A four-story apartment building in the city was partially destroyed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian forces launched a total of 73 missiles and 656 drones overnight. In addition to Kyiv and Dnipro, cities in the Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Khmelnytskyi regions were also struck.

Kyiv

Smoke from fires in Kyiv following the Russian strike on June 2, 2026

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Roman Pilipey / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

A rescuer amid the ruins of an apartment building partially destroyed by the Russian strike. June 2, 2026

Roman Pilipey / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

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Oleksii Filippov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

A shelter in the Kyiv metro. June 2, 2026

Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

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An apartment building destroyed by the Russian strike on June 2, 2026

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