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Russia’s ‘Most Powerful’ Drone and Missile Strike Hits Kharkiv

The strike killed at least three civilians, injured more than 20; peace negotiations remain stalled.

Firefighters work at the site of a building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 7, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
A view after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
Firefighters extinguish a fire at a civilian plant following Russian powerful attacks to Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early on June 7, 2025. amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russia pummelled Ukraine's second-largest city before dawn on June 7, killing two people in what Kharkiv's mayor described as the "most powerful attack" there since the start of the war. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)

Overview

  • Russian forces deployed some 215 drones and missiles overnight in the largest coordinated strike on Kharkiv since February 2022.
  • The barrage damaged 18 apartment blocks and 13 private homes, with local officials reporting injuries to a baby and a 14-year-old girl.
  • Ukraine’s air defenses intercepted 87 drones and seven missiles, as firefighters and rescue teams combed debris for survivors.
  • A later wave of aerial bombs struck the city center, causing at least one additional death and wounding five more civilians.
  • Negotiations to end the war have made no progress amid mutual accusations of sabotaging a planned prisoner and fallen soldier exchange and heightened tensions after Ukraine’s June 1 raid on Russian airfields.