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Russia attacked town of Kharkiv in a single day with drones and ballistic missiles, injuring no less than six individuals, together with a toddler, native authorities reported within the early hours of June 2.

Drone strikes on town's Kholodnohirskyi district injured six individuals, together with a 7-year-old boy, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported.

Two Russian ballistic missiles additionally focused the Kyivskyi district, Terekhov mentioned. One of many missiles struck a highway "only a few dozen meters" from an area college. The opposite hit an space near high-rise buildings, shattering home windows and damaging facades.

"It’s a miracle that there have been no casualties," Terekhov mentioned.

A number of properties, a civilian enterprise, and automobiles have been broken within the assault, in response to Terekhov.

Earlier within the day, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia could also be getting ready for an additional mass strike in opposition to Ukraine within the wake of Kyiv's profitable operation in opposition to Russian army plane.

"Even earlier than the beginning of this operation, we had intelligence concerning the preparation of one other Russian large strike," Zelensky mentioned in his night handle.

"And it is extremely essential for all our individuals to not ignore aerial alerts. Final night time, there have been virtually 500 Russian drones, strike drones. Each week they elevated the variety of items per strike. Now they’ve additionally ready Kalibr cruise missles from sea carriers."

Russia has launched repeated large-scale aerial assaults in opposition to Ukraine in latest days.

The town of Kharkiv and the encircling area got here underneath heavy assault the earlier night time throughout a mass Russian drone strike. Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine, shattering its earlier file for the variety of drones fired in a single night time.

Kharkiv Oblast in northeastern Ukraine is an everyday goal of Russian missile, drone, and glide bomb assaults. Russia has steadily attacked densely populated neighborhoods within the metropolis of Kharkiv, hitting residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.

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