Russia launched a coordinated overnight aerial attack on Ukraine using 729 missiles and drones between 1 and 2 June, with Kyiv as the primary target, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
Four people were killed and 65 were wounded in the capital, including three children aged 3, 11, and 17, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Forty wounded were hospitalized. Emergency crews are searching for residents believed trapped under the rubble of a 9-story residential building in the Podilskyi district that partially collapsed in what Klitschko described as a "double tap" strike.
In Dnipro, eight people were killed and 33 were injured, with children among the casualties, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. Another three people were injured in the nearby city of Kamianske.
Tsirkon hypersonic missiles among 73 launched
The barrage consisted of 73 missiles and 656 drones, the Air Force said. The missile mix included 33 Iskander-M ballistic missiles fired from Russia's Bryansk, Kursk, and Rostov oblasts and occupied Crimea; 27 Kh-101 cruise missiles from Vologda Oblast; five Kalibr cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea; and eight 3M22 Tsirkon hypersonic anti-ship missiles launched from occupied Crimea and Kursk Oblast.
The drone fleet combined Shahed and Gerbera attack platforms with Italmas munitions, Banderol loitering weapons, and Parodiya decoys, launched from Russian airfields at Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and from the occupied Crimean sites of Hvardiyske and Chauda.
Air defenses neutralized 642 weapons
Ukrainian air defenses destroyed or suppressed 642 incoming weapons — 11 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 26 Kh-101 cruise missiles, three Kalibrs, and 602 drones, the Air Force reported. The defense effort drew on aviation, surface-to-air units, electronic warfare teams, drone-interceptor crews, and mobile fire groups. No Tsirkon interceptions were reported in the official tally.
Hits from 30 ballistic missiles, three cruise missiles, and 33 attack drones were registered at 38 locations, with downed debris falling at a further 15 sites.
Eight Kyiv districts damaged
Damage was recorded across eight districts of the capital. In Holosiivskyi district, the second and third floors of a polyclinic were destroyed. In Solomianskyi district, debris struck the upper floors of a 15-story residential block and a fire broke out on the seventh and eighth floors of a 24-story building. Cars and a warehouse burned at a municipal enterprise in Podilskyi. Police closed traffic on seven streets across the capital, including Karpatska Sich Street, Hareth Jones Street, and Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska Street.
Strikes also targeted Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Poltava Oblast. Russian forces hit residential homes, garages, and vehicles in Kharkiv, where local officials reported wounded residents. The Kyiv Oblast towns of Bucha and Vyshhorod sustained damage to homes and warehouses, with three regional residents injured, Kyiv Oblast Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said.
The Air Force said the air defense engagement was continuing into Tuesday morning, with multiple drones still over Ukrainian airspace as the alert remained in effect.
This is not the first time Russia has been laucnhing this masive attack this year. Last week, on the night of 24 May, Russia used around 90 missiles and 600 drones against Ukraine and Kyiv primarly.
At least two people were killed and more than 50 injured in Kyiv, according to officials. Survivors were evacuated from a damaged dormitory in the first minutes after the strikes, while others were pulled from burning apartment blocks.
