Russia launched a barrage of drones and ballistic missiles across broad swaths of Ukraine early Friday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others, days after Kyiv launched a daring raid on Moscow’s fleet of strategic bombers.
For residents of Kyiv, the night’s soundtrack was familiar: the shrieking whir of drones, air raid sirens and large explosions overhead – whether from air defenses successfully downing missiles, or projectiles puncturing the capital.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had used more than 400 drones and 40 missiles in the overnight attack, making it among the war’s largest. He said Moscow’s attack killed three people, injured another 49, and targeted “almost all” of Ukraine, listing nine regions, from Lviv in the west to Sumy in the northeast.
Although Russia has pummeled Ukraine almost daily over three years of full-scale war, Ukrainians had been bracing for retaliation since Sunday, when Kyiv launched an audacious operation that struck more than a third of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers.
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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 6, 2025
Russia’s launches one of its largest air attacks against Ukraine of this war.
407 suicide drones, 38 cruise missiles and 6 ballistic missiles were fired against Ukrainian cities.
The video shows 4 missiles striking the city of Lutsk in western Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/5EbmN2hdns
