LONDON — A minimum of 17 folks had been killed and greater than 100 folks injured in a large-scale in a single day Russian missile and drone strike on Ukraine, officers mentioned, with the capital Kyiv the principle goal of Moscow’s newest long-range barrage.
Ukrainian Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko mentioned in a publish to Telegram that essentially the most important harm was wrought in Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv areas. A minimum of six folks had been killed in Kyiv and 11 folks — together with a baby — had been killed in Dnipro, native Ukrainian officers mentioned.
Ukraine’s air pressure mentioned in a publish to Telegram that Russia launched 73 missiles and 656 drones into the nation, of which 40 missiles and 602 drones had been intercepted or suppressed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned the assault constituted “a totally clear assertion from Russia: if Ukraine shouldn’t be protected against ballistic and different missile strikes, these assaults will proceed.”
Black smoke rises over Kyiv, Ukraine, after in a single day Russian missile and drone assaults on June 2, 2026.
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“Europe wants its personal anti-ballistic protection in order that this battle can lastly finish. And we urgently need assistance from the US in supplying missiles for the Patriot programs. We depend on the assist of our companions and on efficient responses to at present’s assault,” the president wrote in a publish to social media.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned that among the many buildings broken by the “large-scale assault” had been 4 medical amenities.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, the chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, mentioned in a publish to X that essentially the most critical harm in Kyiv was reported within the Podilskyi district, the place a Russian strike collapsed a nine-story residential constructing. “Individuals should still be trapped beneath the rubble,” Stefanchuk wrote.
Ukrainian Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha mentioned in a publish to X that Russia’s newest “horrific assault” confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a battle legal and loser who has no playing cards besides terror.”
This {photograph} exhibits smoke billowing throughout missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 2, 2026.
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“Moscow is shedding on the battlefield. No variety of missiles can change this,” Sybiha wrote. “What we will change is Russia’s capability to proceed terror. I urge companions to behave, not solely condemn.”
The overseas minister referred to as on Ukraine’s overseas backers to unlock extra European funding for NATO’s PURL program by means of which Kyiv can acquire extra American weapons and ammunition, together with anti-missile defenses just like the Patriot system.
Sybiha additionally urged companions to extend funding in Ukraine’s personal long-range capabilities, “ramp up stress on Russia by means of new sanctions” and advance Ukraine’s European Union membership negotiations.
“Peace efforts will solely succeed when they’re backed with actual stress on Moscow,” Sybiha mentioned.
Firefighters put out a hearth at a automotive dealership following large Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv on June 2, 2026.
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Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned in a publish to Telegram that its forces “launched a large strike with high-precision long-range air, land and sea-based weapons, together with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, and unmanned aerial automobiles.”
The strike, it mentioned, focused “military-industrial,” gas and transport amenities and army bases within the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi and Sumy areas. “The targets of the strike have been achieved, all designated objects have been hit,” the ministry claimed.
The Russian Protection Ministry additionally mentioned it shot down a minimum of 148 Ukrainian drones in a single day into Tuesday morning.
Russia’s federal air transport company, Rosaviatsiya, introduced non permanent flight restrictions at airports in Volgograd, Kaluga, Saratov, Krasnodar and Penza through the in a single day Ukrainian assaults.
Individuals take shelter at a metro station throughout an air alarm in Kyiv on June 2, 2026.
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ABC Information’ Joe Simonetti, Yulia Drozd and Patrick Reevell contributed to this report.
