The capital continues to clear the aftermath of a massive missile and drone attack that claimed the lives of seven citizens and caused destruction and fires. The city of Dnipro suffered a brutal strike, where 16 civilians were killed; the enemy attacked the city and the district again on the very day of mourning. In the Donetsk region, further airstrikes on Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka brought new deaths. The occupiers shelled Kherson daily with artillery and drones, and also remotely mined the territory. Regional centers and communities in frontline and border regions suffered.
Chronicle of Russian shelling from June 1 to June 7, 2026
June 1 – As a result of enemy shelling in the Kharkiv region, nine people were injured, four of them in Kharkiv. Overnight, a Russian drone struck a five-story residential building; multi-apartment and private buildings, garages, cars, gas and electric networks, and traffic lights were damaged. In the Sumy region, ten people were injured; overnight and in the morning, the enemy attacked Sumy, damaging a kindergarten, and setting fire to a store and a children's pavilion, reports "Kordon Media." In the Chernihiv region, eight people were injured, including three children; strikes hit energy facilities, businesses, and a gas station. A parking lot was destroyed, and houses, cultural and educational institutions, warehouses, and garages were set on fire; there was also a strike on Chernihiv. As a result of a Russian airstrike on Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, five people were wounded, and high-rise buildings were damaged, with a fire breaking out in one of them. In Kramatorsk, an enemy FPV drone hit a service vehicle of the Civil Protection Department of the Kramatorsk City Council. The enemy also attacked Vilniansk and Zaporizhzhia, wounding two people.
On the night of June 2, Russia launched a massive strike on Ukraine using 73 missiles and 656 UAVs of various types. Preliminary data recorded hits from 30 ballistic and three cruise missiles and 33 attack UAVs at 38 locations, as well as the fall of intercepted UAVs (debris) at 15 locations. As a result of the Russian shelling, 23 people died, including two children, and more than 100 people were injured. The greatest damage to civilian infrastructure occurred in Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv. Critical infrastructure was attacked in the Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions; in particular, in the Kharkiv region, the Russians hit one of Naftogaz's key facilities with drones and missiles. In Kharkiv, 15 people were injured, including a child; a residential building, three civilian enterprises, an office and administrative building, a preschool institution, a gas station, and cars were damaged, and there were fires, destruction, and casualties in the region. In the Sumy region, nine people were injured, including a five-month-old baby. In Sumy, drones and artillery hit residential areas, and three people were wounded. The enemy struck social and industrial infrastructure in the Chernihiv region. A lyceum in a border community and a home for the elderly were destroyed; victims included a 19-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy, who was hospitalized, and a private house caught fire in Chernihiv. In Zaporizhzhia, an industrial infrastructure facility was hit, and houses were damaged. In the Khmelnytskyi region, fires broke out at civilian enterprises due to a Russian drone attack. In Kramatorsk, the Russians purposefully attacked municipal services, damaging several garbage trucks and an emergency vehicle of the "Kramatorsk Vodokanal" utility company.
In Zaporizhzhia on June 3, as a result of aerial shelling and drone attacks, one person died and three were wounded; a high-rise building in the regional center was damaged, and fires raged at a parking lot and a gas station. The enemy launched a repeated strike on rescuers – a drone hit one of the fire tankers, but the personnel managed to reach cover. In the Sumy region, one person died and another 15 were injured, including three children; in Yunakivka, the Russians destroyed an architectural landmark, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The enemy attacked Kharkiv with a missile and UAVs, damaging a civilian enterprise and railway infrastructure, with casualties reported. A strike on the village of Rokytne in the Kharkiv region killed two people and injured nine others, including a 17-year-old boy; one person is in critical condition, and agricultural buildings were damaged, with a private house catching fire. In the evening, Kramatorsk was struck by two aerial bombs, which hit a residential area; a massive fire broke out, killing three people and injuring ten, including three children, while 12 high-rise buildings and five retail establishments were damaged. Over two days, the Russian army killed three residents in Druzhkivka. As a result of a nighttime drone attack in Mykolaiv, one person died and a private house was damaged. In the Chernihiv region, energy and transport infrastructure were attacked, damaging a heating main, freight cars, and tracks.
In Zaporizhzhia on June 4, a woman died, 16 people were wounded, including a child, and 11 houses were damaged; there were also a fatality and injuries in the region. The enemy attacked three districts of Kharkiv with a missile and UAVs, killing one person and damaging railway infrastructure, a store, six private houses, a garage, and power grids. In Chuhuiv, apartment buildings and an educational institution were damaged, and a child was injured. The Russians attacked the residential and industrial zone in Sloviansk with drones and guided aerial bombs. In the Chernihiv region, energy facilities, transport infrastructure, businesses, and residential buildings were damaged. In the Sumy region, two people died and 14 were injured, including five children.
June 5 – In Zaporizhzhia, a gas station was shelled, injuring two people, one of whom was hospitalized. In the Kharkiv region, there were eight injuries, including two children aged two and 12. In Kharkiv, a drone attack damaged the roof of an apartment building and the glazing of a church. In the Zhytomyr region, the Russians struck critical infrastructure, causing fires. Russia attacked an enterprise in Chernihiv; as a result of the hit and the fall of a UAV, eight people were injured, and nearly four dozen cars were damaged. In the region, one person died, a gas station worker and two postal service employees were injured, and two gas stations, transport infrastructure, a postal vehicle, and residential buildings were damaged. In the Donetsk region, the Russians killed six people and wounded another 19.
In the Kharkiv region on June 6, one person died and six were injured; in Kharkiv, five private houses and an educational institution were damaged. In the Sumy region, there were two fatalities and several injuries, including five children. The enemy attacked Konotop, Hlukhiv, Trostianets, Khutir-Mykhailivskyi, and the Shostka community, damaging energy infrastructure, gas stations, and postal transport; fires occurred, and power outages were reported in some settlements starting from the evening. In Zaporizhzhia, critical and industrial infrastructure facilities were damaged, at least eight apartment buildings and non-residential buildings were struck, and a supermarket roof was hit. During the day of terror in the city, two people died and ten were injured, including three children. In the Mykolaiv region, there was one fatality and several wounded.
In the Chernihiv region on June 7, the enemy attacked an agricultural company, damaging administrative and utility premises; strikes also hit gas stations, causing destruction and injuring one woman, who was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds. Two people died in Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region, and five others were wounded. In the suburbs of Zaporizhzhia, the enemy attacked a shuttle bus, killing the driver; in total, 25 people were wounded in the region over the past 24 hours. Communities in the Mykolaiv region suffered from FPV-drone strikes; one person died, five were wounded and all were hospitalized in moderate condition; four private houses, three gas stations, and four cars were damaged. In the Kharkiv region, one person died and five were injured; in Kharkiv, an office building was damaged. The Russians attacked the site of the Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF) with UAVs; a container reception building, which did not contain spent nuclear fuel, was partially destroyed, and the radiation level is normal, reports Energoatom.
Odesa Region
Facilities and infrastructure in the Odesa region remain among the primary targets for Russian strikes. On the night of June 1, enemy drones attacked the region again. In the south of the region, a medical facility was damaged: the facade, doors, and more than 30 windows in the maternity ward and the administrative building. Six mothers with infants were in the ward, and one woman was in labor; fortunately, no one was injured. On the evening of June 1, drone attacks damaged alternative generation solar panels at a private enterprise in the south of the region.
In Odesa, an enemy UAV hit the first floor of an apartment building; the impact partially destroyed apartments, damaged the facade and balconies from the first to the fourth floors, and blew out windows. As a result of the hits, single- and two-story residential buildings were also destroyed, and a heating line was damaged. Fires broke out at the impact sites; a warehouse building with food equipment, a wheat hangar, and an administrative building also caught fire. Seven people were injured, and one person was hospitalized.
From June 3, the Odesa region has been under daily enemy attacks; critical infrastructure facilities and the residential sector have been damaged, fires have raged, and two people have been injured, one of whom was hospitalized. On June 5, two ballistic missiles equipped with cluster munitions hit an infrastructure facility that ensures critical logistics for the region, wounding eight road workers, two of whom are in serious condition. On June 6, an apartment building, a private house, the territory of a medical center, a hotel building, and a warehouse were damaged.
On the night of June 7, the Russians attacked the Odesa region and the regional center with attack UAVs. In Odesa, a non-residential building caught fire, and one person received shrapnel wounds. In Chornomorsk, the attack damaged residential buildings, a building on the territory of the Transfiguration Cathedral, trucks, and a gas pipe.
The Russian army struck two boats of the Maritime Search and Rescue Service, which were performing a humanitarian mission within the Ukrainian maritime corridor, resulting in casualties. This was reported by Oleksii Kuleba, the Minister for Communities and Territorial Development. We remind you that international humanitarian law guarantees special protection for small coastal search and rescue vessels.
Kyiv Region
As a result of the massive nighttime attack on June 2, seven people died in the capital, and 90 were reported injured, including three children; 52 wounded, including two children, are in hospitals. "Ukrainska Pravda. Zhyttia" reported that among the dead was a mother of two boys born in 2021 and 2023; the older son is in critical condition in intensive care, and the younger one is being treated on an outpatient basis. The woman died near the entrance of a high-rise building in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
The attack damaged residential buildings, a car dealership, a municipal enterprise, an academy, utility structures, and a gas station, and there was a fire at the territory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Service Center 8041. The DTEK production site and energy facilities were damaged. In the Sviatoshynskyi, Obolonskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts, 140,000 subscribers were temporarily left without electricity, reported the company.
More than 200 rescuers were clearing the aftermath of the attack in eight districts of Kyiv. In the Podilskyi district, a hit occurred on a nine-story building, and the upper floors were partially destroyed. Also in this district, cars were burning in an open area, as well as buildings on the territory of one of the educational institutions and on the territory of a municipal enterprise. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, the facade and roof of a nine-story residential building were damaged. The Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio suffered damage; windows were blown out in the building, and the main force of the strike hit the road directly in front of the structure, causing significant damage to communications – the heating network and sewage system. Also, the Russian shelling damaged the innovative UNIT.City IT park and residential complex.
In the Solomianskyi district, fires broke out in two high-rise buildings and on the territory of a private residence. In the Holosiivskyi district, a fire occurred on the territory of one of the shopping areas, and several floors of a building were destroyed. In the same district, cars, office premises, and small retail kiosks were burning; there was a fire and destruction of one of the business centers. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, several residential buildings were damaged. In the Pecherskyi district, there is minor damage on the territory of an unfinished construction site. In the Obolonskyi district, a construction trailer caught fire, and debris fell in open areas near several kindergartens. In the Darnytskyi district, a fire raged at a gas station.
As reported by the Kyiv City State Administration, 11 educational institutions were damaged in the Podilskyi, Solomianskyi, and Sviatoshynskyi districts: five preschool institutions, four schools, one vocational education institution, and one college. Windows were mostly blown out and damaged in the institutions. Five medical facilities, primary healthcare centers, and two specialized institutions also sustained damage; one institution was partially destroyed.
During the night air raid, the capital's metro accommodated a record number of people compared to recent years — more than 41,000 people were in the underground stations. Among those who spent the night in the metro, there were nearly 4,500 children.
In the Kyiv region, 88 objects were damaged in four districts of the region; fires raged, three people were injured, and one person was hospitalized. In the Buchanskyi district, there was a fire in a townhouse covering an area of about 100 sq. m, and cars were also damaged on the territory of a logistics facility. In Sofiivska Borshchahivka, a fire occurred in a two-story warehouse building covering an area of 500 sq. m, and debris damaged private homes. In the village of Kriukivshchyna, a fire broke out in a three-story disused building, with flames covering an area of 225 sq. m. In the Fastivskyi district, private houses caught fire. In the Vyshhorodskyi district, two apartment buildings and one private house were damaged, and grass on an open area caught fire.
On the night of June 4, a Russian UAV attack caused a fire at an infrastructure facility in the Boryspilskyi district covering an area of 2,000 sq. m; an employee of the enterprise was wounded. In the Brovarskyi district, an administrative building, a company boiler room, a truck, a truck crane, a gas supply pipe, and power lines were damaged. On June 5, in the same district, attack drones struck the civilian enterprise "Yahotynske for Children" during working hours, killing four employees and injuring seven people with injuries of varying severity; an administrative building caught fire and was damaged. Unique road equipment for Ukraine that was being used at this facility was also damaged.
Dnipro Region
As of June 1, in the Dnipro region, there were casualties, injuries, and hospitalizations due to Russian attacks. The day before, the enemy attacked Dnipro, the Nikopol district, and the Synelnykove district, causing significant damage. In Dnipro, a warehouse building of the "Nova Poshta" terminal and cars burned down; under the threat of repeated shelling, emergency workers extinguished a massive fire covering an area of 10,000 sq. m.
On the night of June 2, Dnipro was hit by a massive combined strike, killing 16 people, including two children, boys aged three and eight; their bodies were recovered from under the rubble of the buildings. 42 people were wounded, and 22 people remain in hospitals: four in critical condition, and a 16-year-old boy, a six-year-old boy, and a 13-year-old girl in moderate condition. Among the dead was Major Anton Yarmolenko, deputy head of a fire-rescue unit, who was hit by a repeat enemy strike. A wounded rescuer and two other civilians were also in Kamianske, where an administrative building and apartment buildings were damaged.
In Dnipro, hits occurred on two-story and four-story buildings, where search and rescue operations were carried out. In the city, seven houses were practically completely destroyed, 49 more were severely damaged, and several educational institutions, an enterprise, a fire station, and garages were damaged, and cars were destroyed. As a result of the enemy attack, owners of nearly 100 apartments were left homeless. While the rescue operation was ongoing in Dnipro, an enemy drone attacked an apartment building, wounding two children, a 17-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl, who were hospitalized in moderate condition.
On June 3, the day of mourning for the victims, Dnipro and the district were under enemy attack; warehouses in one of the retail chains and a logistics company were burning. In the Dnipro district, eight people were wounded, seven were hospitalized, and three are in critical condition. In Dnipro, a woman was hospitalized in moderate condition; several apartment buildings and a kindergarten were hit, with windows blown out.
On the night of June 4, the enemy attacked Pavlohrad; an apartment building and cars caught fire, one person died, and two others were injured. A logistics company in the Dnipro district was under repeated attack. On June 5, the Russians killed Yurii Filippov, a bulldozer operator at one of the DTEK Pavlohradvuhillia enterprises, by hitting the vehicle he was riding to his shift with a drone.
Kherson Region
The Russian army does not stop using drones and artillery to strike residential neighborhoods in Kherson. On the night of June 1, the Russians shelled the Korabelnyi district with artillery; private homes belonging to residents of Kherson sustained significant damage, and three people were wounded. On the night of June 2, in the Dniprovskyi district, as a result of Russian shelling, four apartments in a high-rise building burned down, and a 16-year-old girl was injured.
On the night of June 3, the Russians attacked the Dniprovskyi district; a massive fire broke out in a residential high-rise building, 36 apartments burned down, three people died, and nine others were wounded. Emergency workers worked under difficult conditions under the constant threat of repeated strikes. An enemy drone hit a medical facility department, which caused a fire.
On the morning of June 3, three people were injured in the Central district, including a 17-year-old boy. In the afternoon, the Russians attacked the private sector in the Korabelnyi district, destroying a residential house. In the evening in the same district, a drone hit a high-rise building, causing a fire; a local resident was hospitalized. Zelenivka, Pryozerne, and Komyshany were under constant shelling, and three people died.
A three-year-old girl who was wounded by artillery shelling of a playground in the Korabelnyi district is being evacuated to the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv after surgery to remove a shrapnel fragment from her head; the girl remains in critical but stable condition. Doctors continue to fight for her mother's life.
On June 4, as a result of enemy attacks in the Korabelnyi district, two children were taken to the hospital: a 12-year-old boy was wounded, sustaining a concussion, blast injury, and a closed traumatic brain injury, and a 13-year-old girl was hospitalized with injuries. An enemy drone hit a medical vehicle on the territory of a hospital in the Dniprovskyi district, wounding two medics and damaging the vehicle. On the evening of June 4, shelling occurred in the Korabelnyi and Central districts; apartments caught fire, and a man died.
On June 5, another occupier drone damaged an apartment building in the central part of the city, wounding a 23-year-old woman who was on the street at the time of the attack. The Russians attacked Ukrainian Red Cross vehicles with a drone, injuring a 50-year-old employee of the organization. The Russian army struck a gas station in the Chornobaivka community; a gas module, the gas station building, and four cars caught fire, one person died, 11 were wounded, two are in serious condition, and one of the wounded also suffered a traumatic amputation of a leg.
From the morning of Saturday, June 6, Russian troops have been attacking the city's critical infrastructure, as a result of which there is no electricity supply in the Dniprovskyi district. Information is constantly received about the enemy mining the city's territory. The Regional Military Administration urges locals not to approach suspicious objects if found, but to immediately report them to the appropriate services.
Materials were prepared by:
Topic researcher, author of the text: Yana Yevmenova
Photo editor: Olga Kovalova
Literary editor: Yuliia Futei
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