Russians Launch New Air Assault on Kyiv

UPDATED June 6, 2025 8:36 a.m., Kyiv time

The BBC is reporting that it has spoken to Kyiv Mayor Klitschko, who said the death toll in the overnight attacks in the capital has now risen to four and that rescue teams have been deployed to search for others under the debris.

At least 20 people in Kyiv have been injured.

The mayor of the northwestern city of Lutsk city, in the Volyn region, Ihor Polishchuk, said that  Russia used 15 drones and six missiles in the attack on that target. Buildings and cars were destroyed and five people there have been injured. 

UPDATED June 6, 2025 4:05 a.m., Kyiv time

The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, reported that medics responding to the scene in the Solomyanski district have been hospitalized.

In the Holosiivsky district, he said, a gas station has been struck, and there are reports of damage from falling debris there as well as in the Desnyansky and Darnytsky districts.

Reuters reported that the new head of the city’s Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, warned of the risk of ballistic missiles being deployed against the capital.

Tkachenko reported fires in residential buildings throughout the capital and said drones had struck the upper floors of a high-rise apartment building in Darnytskyi district, erupting in flames.

Similarly, in the Solomyansky district, a fire reportedly broke out on the 11th floor of a 16-story residential building. Residents were evacuated.

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UPDATED June 6, 2025 3:33 a.m., Kyiv time

Kyiv Post reporters in the capital’s central district heard explosions at around 3 a.m. local time as the mayor and other local authorities issued shelter-in-place warnings and initial reports of three injuries so far resulting from the blasts.

Several drones could be heard hovering overhead as air defenses worked continuously, resulting in several loud blasts.

The blasts came within hours of US President Donald Trump’s warning to the Kremlin not to retaliate for Ukraine’s successful attack earlier in the week on 41 Russian warplanes deep within Russian territory.

Emergency response authorities have begun to issue updates:

“Solomyansky district:

• Fire in a non-residential area. Rescuers are working to localize it.
• Fire on the 8th to 10th floors of a 16-story residential building. The State Emergency Service is working to localize and eliminate the fire on site. The rescue operation is ongoing.

Darnytsky district:

• Debris fell on a playground. Preliminary – no fire.
• Information about debris falling in several locations. To be clarified.

Holosiivsky district:

• Fire at a civilian infrastructure facility. 

Restoration of the electricity supply to the micro-districts on the left bank is underway.”

Editor’s Note: This is a developing story. This news story will be updated as more information becomes available.