The alleged attacks came after Moscow had promised imminent retaliation in response to Kiev’s drone raids on strategic airbases.
Ukrainian officials have claimed that Moscow launched multiple waves of missile and drone strikes on Kiev and other cities across the country overnight. The Russian Ministry of Defense has yet to comment.
Multiple explosions were reported across several districts of Kiev and its suburbs early Friday morning, with mayor Vitaly Klitschko claiming that Ukrainian air defenses were engaging incoming missiles and drones. The official initially said that debris had only fallen on the territory of non-residential buildings. He later claimed that at least four people were killed and 20 injured.
Surveillance footage reportedly captured by a CCTV camera somewhere in the Kiev region appeared to show the moment a US-supplied Patriot air defense system attempted to engage an incoming missile with four interceptors before apparently being hit.
🇷🇺 New footage from Kiev shows U.S.-supplied Patriot PAC-2 and PAC-3 systems launching interceptors amid a Russian Iskander missile strike.
Multiple impacts visibly captured on camera despite defensive launches. pic.twitter.com/cxivXJbzpC
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) June 6, 2025
Blasts were also reported in the western regions of Ternopol and Lviv, in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk, in Kremenchug in central Ukraine, and elsewhere across the country. Multiple blurred out videos shared across Ukrainian social media appeared to show the aftermath of the strikes, but the exact locations and the facilities targeted were hard to verify.
The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet issued a statement on the incident. Moscow regularly carries out drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian military infrastructure, insisting that its operations do not target civilian facilities – and blaming Kiev for placing its air defenses in densely populated areas.
On Sunday, Ukrainian drones struck multiple Russian airbases in a coordinated assault targeting long-range, nuclear-capable bombers. Moscow said that most of the incoming drones were intercepted, without confirming any irreparable losses or carrying out any immediate military response.
Kiev also targeted multiple civilian sites in acts of railway sabotage over the weekend, killing at least seven people and injuring over 120 in what Moscow branded acts of terrorism.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Wednesday that Moscow “will have to respond” to the attack on the country’s nuclear deterrent. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the retaliation would be carried out “when and how our military deems appropriate.”
They should bomb Britain next.
https://www.youtube.com/live/piYQsGzUpxY?feature=shared
Larry Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/live/OZeRJpiNOm4?feature=shared
Dimitri orlov.
Both worthwile to watch on recent events
This is a response to the sneek drone attack. Those drones used westen satellite technology. Russia knows it.
Russia has the right to respond.
If Ukraine doesn’t want peace, then peace will have to be obtained through force.
From the school yard bully to the local gang right through to rogue countries and even legitimate countries, all bullies understand a dam good thrashing up to double that was inflicted. Its an absolute way to let the group of people know they are vulnerable to loss and death.
Stop pokimg the bear and you won”t be eaten by it or the bears friend China.
Kiev’s failing regime does not want peace, they want escalation, in the hope of dragging NATO directly into the conflict, so they can survive another day……
Take note…
This was not a response to the failed drone attack on the Russian bombers, nor was it in response to the terrorist attack on civilian trains. It was part of the regular program of larger operations in Ukraine, which take time to prepare.
The real response is currently in planning and will likely happen in the next few days. Watch this space…