Nine dead after Moscow launches major attack across Ukraine

On 2 June 2026, Russia launched a large overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine. Death tolls cited by different outlets ranged from at least 8 to at least 22, with dozens injured and others feared trapped in damaged buildings. One outlet cited 656 drones and 73 missiles, and Kyiv residents sheltered underground.

Russia's defence ministry said the strike used long-range air-, ground- and sea-based precision weapons, including hypersonic missiles, and described it as a response to Ukrainian 'terrorist acts'. Russian officials said it targeted defence plants. Al Jazeera wrote that Putin threatened those behind an attack on a college in Starobilsk.