Kharkiv endures most extensive attack since full-scale invasion began. Three civilians killed, dozens injured

On the night of 6-7 June, Russian forces conducted an extensive overnight assault on Ukraine, deploying 215 weapons, with the most extensive damage caused in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv.

The attack resulted in three civilian deaths and 21 injuries, including an infant and teenage girl.

The nationwide assault combined 206 Shahed strike drones and decoy unmanned aircraft with ballistic and cruise missiles, according to Ukraine’s Air Force. Russian forces also fired two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, six X-59/69 guided air missiles, and one Iskander-K cruise missile in the coordinated attack.

Ukrainian air defenses successfully intercepted the majority of incoming threats, destroying 87 drones through direct fire and neutralizing another 80 through electronic warfare systems or locational suppression. Defense forces also shot down all six guided missiles and the cruise missile.

The assault’s most devastating impact occurred in Kharkiv, where Russian forces killed three civilians and wounded 21 others, including a month-and-a-half-old infant and 14-year-old girl.

Mayor Ihor Terekhov characterized the bombardment as “the most extensive attack during the entire full-scale war,” with Russian forces deploying missiles, Shahed drones, and guided aerial bombs simultaneously against multiple city districts. The attack lasted approximately 90 minutes and produced at least 40 explosions across Kharkiv. 

In the Kyivskyi district, a Russian drone struck a civilian enterprise where people may remain trapped under debris, while also hitting a private residence and a higher education facility.

The Osnovianskyi district suffered a direct hit on a residential high-rise building, causing fires on floors six through nine and trapping residents under rubble. Emergency responders successfully extracted one woman alive from the collapsed building debris, and she is receiving medical assistance.

The strikes on Kharkiv damaged two apartment buildings, two private houses, two enterprises, two vehicles, an administrative building, and a children’s music school.