Air Force: Ukraine downs 19 of 21 Russian drones overnight
Ukrainian air defense shot down 19 of the 21 Shahed-type attack drones launched by Russia overnight on June 19, Ukraine's Air Force reported.
Civilian casualties
Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 3, injure 28 over past day
Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day killed at least three people and injured at least 28, regional authorities said on June 18.
Rescued man dies in hospital following Russian strike on Poltava Oblast, governor says
The Russian military struck the Myrhorod district in Poltava Oblast on June 10, injuring the man and damaging nearly 10 houses, Governor Filip Pronin said.
Updated: Russian strike against Poltava injures 22, including children
Russia attacked Poltava Oblast on June 17, hitting a civilian infrastructure site, Governor Filip Pronin reported.
At least 12,000 civilians confirmed to have been killed since beginning of full-scale war, Prosecutor General says
Earlier in June, Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin said that over 800 Ukrainian children have been killed since the beginning of Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014.
Prosecutor’s Office: Russian attack in Donetsk Oblast injures 7, including 2 children
Russian forces struck the village of Nova Poltavka near Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast, wounding seven people, including two children, the regional prosecutor’s office reported on June 16.
Russian cluster munition strike on Donetsk Oblast village kills 3, injures 5
Russia reportedly hit the settlement with cluster munition launched from a Smerch rocket launcher at around 9 a.m. Kyiv has repeatedly accused Moscow of using cluster munitions in attacks against civilian areas.
Russian attack on Sumy Oblast kills 1, injures 7
Russian forces attacked eight communities in Sumy Oblast on June 14, killing one civilian and injuring seven, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.
Updated: Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast city injures 5, including 3-year-old girl
A Russian attack against the city of Novomoskovsk in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on June 13 injured a three-year-old girl, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.
Russian attacks against Ukraine injure 8 civilians over past day
Ukrainian air defenses intercepted all Russian missiles and drones launched against the capital, but the fallen debris caused damage in Kyiv Oblast and injured one person, the regional military administration said.
Updated: Russia strikes Kharkiv with glide bombs, injuring 8 people
Russian forces launched three glide bombs at Kharkiv on June 10, injuring eight people, local authorities reported.
Russian drone attack on Nikopol injures 45-year-old man
Russian forces carried out a drone strike against the city of Nikopol on June 10, injuring a 45-year-old man, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak reported.
Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 1, injure 4 over past day
Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day killed at least one civilian and injured at least four, regional authorities reported early on June 10.
Russia targets 103 settlements in past day, civilians killed and injured
In total, Russia attacked 10 oblasts in the south, east, and north of Ukraine.
UN: Monthly civilian death toll rises to highest point in almost a year
Ukraine's civilian death toll rose to 174 last month, the highest level in almost a year, amid increased missile and bomb attacks on population centers around Kharkiv, the U.N. human rights office announced on June 7.
Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 1, injure 9 over past day
Russia targeted a total of 12 Ukrainian oblasts – Sumy, Luhansk, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kherson. Casualties were reported in the latter three regions.
Russian attacks on Donetsk, Kherson oblasts kill 1, injure 5
Russian attacks against Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts on June 6 killed one person and injured five, regional authorities said.
Culture Ministry: 91 media workers killed by Russian invasion
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has so far killed 91 media workers, the Culture Ministry reported on June 6, a day marked in Ukraine as Journalists' Day.
Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 2, injure 22 over past day
Russia targeted a total of 10 Ukrainian oblasts – Sumy, Luhansk, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson. Casualties were reported in the latter four regions.
Russian attacks on Kherson, Donetsk oblasts kill 1, injure 7
Russian forces attacked the village of Pivnichne and the town of Selydove in Donetsk Oblast, as well as the village of Inhulets in Kherson Oblast.
Ukraine war latest: US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend global peace summit in Biden's place
Key updates on June 3: * US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend global peace summit * Russian strike in Donetsk Oblast kills 2, including 12-year-old boy * UK military chief confident Ukraine will win the war, but allies must 'maintain support' * Restarting Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant 'difficult to envisage' during war, says IAEA
Russian strike in Donetsk Oblast kills 2, including 12-year-old boy
The Russian military carried out the strike in the morning with a guided aerial bomb, according to local authorities.
Russian attack against Kherson Oblast village injures elderly man
A Russian attack against the village of Tomyna Balka in Kherson Oblast on June 3 injured a man aged around 70, the regional military administration said.
Updated: Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 1, injure 13 over past day
In Kharkiv Oblast, a Russian missile attack hit a recreational center in the Slobozhanske community shortly after midnight on June 3, killing one man and injuring a man and a woman, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russian glide bomb strike in Donetsk Oblast injures at least 5
The Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office said that the two bombs hit a residential part of the city, wounding four men between the ages of 22 and 43 and one 40-year-old woman. The injured people received medical attention, the prosecutor's office said.
Update: Death toll of Russia's May 31 attack on Kharkiv rises to 9
Russian missiles struck three locations in the city overnight on May 31 – a five-story residential building, a sewing workshop, and a local shop.
Russian attack on Kherson Oblast village kills man
A Russian attack against the village of Veletenske in Kherson Oblast on May 30 killed a man, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.
Russian attack on Sumy Oblast kills 2
A Russian rocket attack on the village of Krasnopillia in Sumy Oblast killed two civilians and injured three others, Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported on May 29.
Death toll in Russia's May 25 attack on Kharkiv rises to 19, Governor says
The man had suffered severe burns over 50% of his body as a result of the strike and ensuing fire, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 5, injure 32 over past day
Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day killed at least five people and injured at least 32, regional authorities said on May 28.
Governor: Death toll in May 25 attack on Kharkiv rises to 18
Syniehubov said that the number of those who were killed had risen to 18 as of around 3:30 p.m. on May 27, while 48 people were confirmed injured.
Update: Russian attack on Mykolaiv Oblast town kills 3, injures 6
The strike hit a self-service car wash, Governor Vitalli Kim added. Two of the injured are a girl and a boy aged 17, he said.
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