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Kharkiv Endures Deadly Russian Drone Attack: Three Killed, 60 Injured, Including Nine Children

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Kharkiv Endures Deadly Russian Drone Attack: Three Killed, 60 Injured, Including Nine Children
A psychologist comforting a woman and her cat in the aftermath of the Russian attack on the Kharkiv region on June 11, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)

Russian forces launched a drone attack on Kharkiv on the night of June 11. The strike killed at least three people and left 60 people injured, including nine children aged 2 to 15 years.

This was reported by Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov, and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

Emergency workers dealing with the aftermath of the Russian attack on the Kharkiv region on June 11, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)
Emergency workers dealing with the aftermath of the Russian attack on the Kharkiv region on June 11, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)

Syniehubov added that an elderly woman may still be trapped under the rubble at one of the addresses hit by Russian drones.

Civil infrastructure was significantly damaged in Kharkiv, including nine apartment buildings, three private houses, 13 cars, and a factory.

Overall, during the past day, Russian forces actively deployed various weapons across the Kharkiv region, using 13 guided aerial bombs, 15 Shahed drones, 2 Molniya drones, and 2 FPV drones.

In the village of Tsupivka, two men, aged 61 and 65, were wounded, while a 38-year-old man was injured in the village of Vilkhivka. In the city of Kupiansk, a 47-year-old and a 68-year-old man were also injured.

It was further reported that eight private houses and two cars were damaged in the villages of Tsupivka and Boliboki.

The aftermath of the Russian attack on the Kharkiv region on June 11, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)
The aftermath of the Russian attack on the Kharkiv region on June 11, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)

In the city of Kupiansk, and the villages of Vilkhivka, Velykyi Burluk, and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, 40 private houses, three cars, and a garage were damaged.

On June 10, Kyiv endured one of the largest aerial attacks since the start of the full-scale war as Russia launched a wave of drones and missiles against Ukraine, with explosions and fires reported across at least seven districts of the capital.

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