Ukraine-Russia struggle stay updates: Kyiv ‘destroys military helicopter’ in newest long-range drone strike | EUROtoday

Russia launched 452 projectiles yesterday, together with 407 drones from Kursk and Oryol cities, in keeping with the Ukrainian Air Force.

The strikes hit 19 areas, together with civilian and power infrastructure in Kyiv, Lviv, Ternopil, Chernihiv, and Kremenchuk cities.

In Kyiv, Volyn, Sumy, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, and Cherkasy Oblasts Were Hit, Accounting To The Air Force.

The strikes killed at the very least three civilians in Kyiv alone, with the general toll throughout all Ukrainian cities rising to 7.

This is notably the second-largest in a single day strike in Ukraine by Russian forces utilizing drones and missiles because the begin of the struggle.

It comes after Moscow’s in a single day assault between 31 May and 1 June when it launched 479 complete drones and missiles in direction of Ukraine.

• At least 4 folks and over 40 injured in a large aerial assault from Moscow, which focused nearly all of Ukraine.
• Russia fired over 400 drones and greater than 40 missiles within the assault.
• The Kremlin stated the strike was in response to Ukrainian “terrorist acts” towards Russia.
• Ukraine’s nationwide police has stated investigators are documenting “the war crimes of the terrorist state” of Russia after three rescuers died within the assault.
• Kyiv accomplished its personal drown assault on an industrial enterprise within the southern metropolis of Engels, in keeping with a regional governor in Russia, Roman Busargin.
• Busargin stated a high-rise condominium block was additionally hit, however there have been no casualties.
• Ukraine additionally reportedly destroed an Mi-8 navy helicopter in a strike on Bryansk airport.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky hopes to satisfy together with his American counterpart Donald Trump on the G7 summit to happen in Alberta, Canada, from 15 to 17 June 15 to 17.

Ukrainian officers lately visited Washington to rearrange for the assembly between the 2 leaders, in keeping with Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential workplace.

The journey adopted Zelensky’s assertion that Ukraine “wants to buy” weapons the US.

“This is what the agreement is about – no gifts,” Zelensky stated.

Turkey, in the meantime, stated it deliberate to facilitate a gathering between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine.

“I had a conversation with President Erdoğan of Turkey. And indeed, he sent a signal, asking how I would feel about a meeting of four leaders: himself, the President of the United States, Putin, and me,” Zelensky stated.

Moscow is planning to grab half of Ukraine by the tip of 2026, in keeping with a senior Ukrainian official.

However, it’s unlikely to succeed because the circulate of Western help to Ukraine continues, in keeping with Ukrainian Presidential Office deputy head Colonel Pavlo Palisa.

The Ukrainian official stated Russia is probably going looking for to create a buffer zone alongside the northern Ukrainian-Russian border by 2025 finish.

He added that Russia appears intent on occupying the entire of jap Ukraine by the tip of 2026.

A map introduced by the deputy head colonel suggests Russia plans to grab about 222,700 further sq. kilometres of Ukrainian territory by the tip of 2026.

Russia is able to present political asylum to Tesla titan Elon Musk if wanted amid his ongoing public spat with American president Donald Trump, in keeping with Dmitry Novikov, deputy chair of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.

“He [Musk] won’t need political asylum, although if he did, Russia could certainly provide it,” Novikov instructed Russia’s state-run TASS information company.

Musk, a key determine in Trump’s marketing campaign and early administration, has been feuding overtly with Trump over his “Big Beautiful Bill” tax proposal that would develop the US deficit by $600 billion.

The Tesla boss has earned assist from Russian officers.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, hinted as a joke that he would dealer peace between Musk and Trump in alternate for Starlink shares.

The White House seems to be trying to steer Senator Lindsay Graham to melt his bipartisan invoice calling for extra sanctions towards Russia.

The sanctions invoice launched by Mr Graham and Senate Democrat Richard Blumenthal on 1 April referred to as for a 500 per cent tariff charge on all nations nonetheless buying Russian oil, in keeping with the Wall Street Journal.

White House officers have sought Mr Graham to tone down the regulation, the WSJ added.

New sanctions can be in play solely when it grew to become clear that peace talks weren’t transferring ahead, the American president stated, including that any such transfer would apply to each Ukraine and Russia.

“It takes two to tango,” Mr Trump stated.

US president Donald Trump is reportedly holding again from confronting China over its assist for Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine.

Trump is as a substitute prioritising US-China relationship in the meanwhile, Bloomberg reported, citing nameless officers aware about the matter.

The Trump administration has reportedly lowered the Ukraine-Russia struggle on its record of overseas coverage priorities, focusing as a substitute on resolving bilateral points with China.

The US president is at the moment prioritising points like tariffs, expertise restrictions, and uncommon earths in talks with China, in keeping with Bloomberg.

US president Donald Trump appeared to justify Russia’s assault on Ukrainian cities following Kyiv’s Operation Spiderweb drone strikes on Russian territory.

“They gave Putin a motive to go in and bomb the hell out of them final night time,” Trump told reporters yesterday.

“That’s the factor I do not like about it. When I noticed it I stated ‘right here we go now it is going to be a strike,’ the US president stated.

Russia’s missile and drone assault on Friday focused Kyiv and main Ukrainian cities in addition to the nation’s far-west.

As of now, over 80 persons are presumed killed by Russia’s assault, in keeping with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.