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A Russian drone onslaught connected the metropolis of Sumy successful northeastern Ukraine killed 3 members of the aforesaid family, including a 13-year-old lad and his father, and wounded different two, a determination authoritative said Monday (June 22, 2026).
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Russia has pounded civilian areas of Ukraine with drones and missiles since it launched its all-out penetration of its neighbour much than 4 years ago, and a United Nations tally says much than 16,000 civilians person died successful the war.
U.S.-led bid efforts person failed to halt the fighting. The Sumy onslaught deed a location and killed a 36-year-old man, his 13-year-old lad and a 73-year-old pistillate who was the parent of the man's partner, according to Oleh Hryhorov, the caput of the determination subject administration. The man's spouse and 10-year-old lad were wounded, helium said.
The fig of civilian casualties successful Russian attacks has jumped recently, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission successful Ukraine, arsenic Moscow's forces conflict to summation momentum connected the battlefield.
At slightest 274 civilians were killed, and 1,763 were injured successful Ukraine successful May — the highest monthly full of civilian casualties since April 2022, it said earlier this month. Most casualties are successful cities acold from the beforehand line, it said.
A Russian nighttime drone onslaught besides killed a pistillate and wounded 3 people, including an 11-year-old boy, successful the southeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, determination caput Ivan Fedorov said.
In total, Russia launched 88 long-range onslaught drones and 1 ballistic rocket overnight, Ukraine's aerial unit said, with aerial defences shooting down oregon jamming 79 of the drones.
Ukraine, meanwhile, fired galore much drones toward Russia and territories it controls, according to the Russian Defence Ministry, arsenic Kyiv sustained its long-range run against lipid facilities, subject transport and infrastructure.
The Russian Defence Ministry said Monday (June 22) its forces intercepted 301 Ukrainian drones during the nighttime implicit aggregate Russian regions, the illegally annexed Crimea peninsula, the Azov Sea and the Black Sea.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 84 Ukrainian drones targeting the Russian superior were changeable down. He didn't accidental whether the onslaught caused immoderate damage, but each 4 Moscow airports temporarily halted flights successful the aftermath of the attack.
Also, immoderate residential buildings were evacuated successful Russia's Vladimir region, eastbound of Moscow and the Tula portion southbound of the superior arsenic a effect of the attack, section authorities reported.
