New large -scale Russian strikes killed five in Ukraine – Liberation
Russian strikes on the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Kherson left 5 people dead and more than 20 injured in the night from Friday to Saturday June 7, after Moscow’s promise of a « Riposte » has The destruction of part of its air fleet Sunday.
Three deaths and at least seventeen injured were counted in Kharkiv, the second city of Ukraine, which underwent « The most powerful attack since the start of the war » In February 2022, said its mayor, Ihor Terekhov.
In total, « At least 40 explosions » sounded in a brief period of time in this city of some 1.4 million inhabitants located less than 50 km from the Russian border in the northeast of the country.
« The enemy strikes simultaneously with missiles, Shahed drones and guided air bombs », Detailed Terekhov, according to which at least 48 Shahed, 2 missiles and 4 guided bombs were used.
Two of the victims were killed in the district of Kyivsky and another in that of Osnovyansky, and around twenty were injured, he reported.
A couple of fifties also perished in the attack which affected two buildings in Kherson, in the south, according to the governor of the region of the same name, Oleksandr Prokudin. Two people were injured, as well as two others in the Dnipropetrovsk (East) region.
Russia had led overnight Thursday to Friday across the country One of his most massive attacks Since the start of the war, with 407 drones and 45 missiles, according to the Ukrainian army.
The results of this attack increased on Saturday at least five dead with the discovery of a young woman’s body in rubble in Loutsk, near the Polish border.
Moscow spoke on Friday « A response » After the Ukrainian attacks which targeted several Russian aerodromes on Sunday far from the front, destruction of several bombers in the key.
These strikes intervene at a time when peace negotiations are deadlocked after a second cycle of direct talks between Russians and Ukrainians in Istanbul on Monday, who did not lead to a cease-fire.
A sign of Moscow’s intransigence, while the requirements of the two camps seem irreconcilable, the Kremlin presented the invasion of Ukraine, which he triggered in February 2022, as « An existential question ».
« For us, it is an existential question, that of our national interests, security, our future and that of our children », said spokesman for the Russian presidency Dmitri Peskov.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it had destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones in the regions of Moscow, Koursk and Smolensk in the night.
This attack led to the momentary closure of the main Moscow airport, Cheremetievo, according to the air authorities.
Russian forces, which occupy around 20 % of the Ukrainian territorybombard Ukrainian cities almost daily since 2022. In response, Ukraine also leads, almost every day, air attacks in Russia.
In Kharkiv, a majority of Russian -speaking, 18 people, 4 of whom had already been injured in Russian strikes on Thursday.
The Ukrainian army said on Friday to have bombed at night « Successful » Two other air bases in Russia, in the Saratov and Riazan (Center) regions, ensuring that it has hit fuel deposits.
Russians and Ukrainians must proceed this weekend to an exchange of 500 prisoners of war from each camp, after a precedent of 1,000 people on each side in May. They are also agreed to hand over the lifeless bodies of thousands of soldiers.
