Russian attacks kill several people and wound more than 100 across Ukraine

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Jun 02, 2026 · 899 words

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Russian attacks kill several people and wound more than 100 across Ukraine Russian air strikes hit several major Ukrainian cities early on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 100, authorities said.

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Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv were among the hardest hit, with residential buildings damaged and thousands of residents sheltering underground amid ongoing air raid alerts.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 18 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv were among the hardest hit”

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Multiple sources explicitly list Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv as being among the hardest hit in the June 2, 2026 attacks.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 22 July 2025, Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, Dnipro and other cities to protest the passing of a bill that aimed to "effectively destroy" the power of two of Ukraine's anti-corruption …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_anti-corruption_protests_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 10 May 2024, the Russian Armed Forces began an offensive operation in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, shelling and attempting to breach the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Vovc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Kharkiv_Oblast_front_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ukrainian Premier League (Ukrainian: Українська Прем'єр-ліга [ʊkrɐˈjinʲsʲkɐ preˈmjɛr ˈl⁽ʲ⁾iɦɐ]) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukraini…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Premier_League

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Claim 2: “the air force said 40 missiles and 602 drones had been downed or neutralised”

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Although the 'Evidence for claim 8' section says no evidence found, the 'Evidence for claim 7' section contains a web search result that explicitly states: '40 missiles... and 602 drones were shot down or suppressed, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine rep'.

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Claim 3: “Russia's defence ministry said it had carried out a "massive strike" on Ukraine's defence industry facilities”

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Claim 4: “The overnight attack cut electricity to 140,000 residents of Ukraine's capital”

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Multiple independent sources, including a reference to DTEK via Reuters, confirm that the attack cut electricity to 140,000 residents of Kyiv.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States–Ukraine–Russia meetings in Geneva were the third round of trilateral talks between delegations from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia. The meetings took place in Geneva on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States–Ukraine–Rus…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…

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Claim 5: “Russia last week warned that it intended to launch “systematic strikes” on targets in Kyiv linked to the Ukrainian military as well as decision-making centres”

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Claim 6: “Russia's Ilsky oil refinery, in the southern region of Krasnodar, caught fire after a drone attack”

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Claim 7: “Twelve people were killed and 36 injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on the southeastern city of Dnipro”

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Sources provide conflicting casualty numbers for Dnipro on June 2, 2026: one source reports 7 killed and 36 injured, while another reports 1 killed and 6 injured. The claim of 12 killed is not consistently supported across the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnipro River, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipro

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The "Dnipro-1" Regiment (Ukrainian: Полк «Дніпро-1») is a Special Tasks Patrol Police regiment subordinated to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The regiment is based in Dnipro. The Dnipro-1 wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipro-1_Regiment

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Russian Armed Forces have launched several missile attacks over the city of Dnipro in Ukraine. These have led to more than one hundred fatalities and about one thou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipro_strikes_(2022–present)

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Claim 8: “In Ukraine's north-eastern Kharkiv region, 10 people, including a child, were injured in drone and missile attacks”

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Claim 9: “Russian air strikes hit several major Ukrainian cities early on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 100”

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Multiple independent web search results from June 2, 2026, confirm that Russian air strikes hit major Ukrainian cities on Tuesday, with reports of at least 18 people killed and over 100 wounded.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March and April 2021, before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_to_the_2022_Russian_in…

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Claim 10: “One of the dead was a rescue worker who had been killed in a "double-tap" strike targeting first responders”

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Multiple web search results confirm that a first responder/rescue worker was killed in a 'double-tap' strike in Dnipro on June 2, as reported by the State Emergency Service.

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web search NEUTRAL — A first responder was among the 15 killed in the central-eastern city of Dnipro during Russia's massive overnight aerial attack across Ukraine, sustaining fatal injuries while trying to save lives, th…
https://kyivindependent.com/first-responder-killed-in-russia…

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web search NEUTRAL — Specifically, the occupiers launched secondary strikes while first responders were working at the sites of the initial hits.The occupiers carried out a follow-up "double-tap" strike, while State Emerg…
https://tsn.ua/en/ukrayina/russia-attacks-residential-area-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Body-cam footage released by Ukraine’s Patrol Police might have depicted a Russian “double-tap” strike on Ukrainian rescuers as policemen and emergency personnel were seen ducking for cover during a r…
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/60550

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Claim 11: “Utility workers had since restored electricity to 110,000 residents, DTEK said, adding that two of its engineers had been injured”

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Web search results confirm DTEK restored power to 110,000 residents and a LinkedIn post from DTEK confirms two engineers were wounded in the Kyiv strike.

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web search NEUTRAL — On 18 November 2024, a Russian strike devastated a residential building in Sumy, with 11 deaths, including two children, and 89 wounded reported by Ukraine's ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_attacks_on_civilians_i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 · Two DTEK engineers were wounded in last night's russian missile strike on Kyiv – hit while moving to shelter.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dtek_two-dtek-engineers-were-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 5, 2025 · Officials in Kyiv said on Saturday that the city had restored two-thirds of its power generation capacity after recent Russian missile ...
https://www.facebook.com/WIONews/posts/russia-continues-to-p…

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Claim 12: “a drone strike last month on a student dormitory in Ukraine's Russian-held Luhansk region, which killed 21 people”

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Claim 13: “The war in Ukraine has ground on for more than four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022”

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Claim 14: “The attack included eight Zircon hypersonic missiles”

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Similar to claim 8, the evidence provided under claim 7 includes a web search result stating the attack included '8 "Zircons"'.

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Claim 15: “Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 656 drones and 73 missiles overnight”

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Multiple independent news reports cite the Ukrainian Air Force stating that 656 drones and 73 missiles were launched overnight on June 2.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian forces launched 73 missiles and 656 drones against Ukraine overnight on June 2, the Air Force reported. Kyiv was the main target of the barrage, but Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Poltava Obla…
https://english.nv.ua/nation/russian-forces-launch-73-missil…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia launched 73 missiles overnight at Ukraine, including 8 "Zircons" and 33 ballistic missiles, and 656 drones; 40 missiles, including 11 ballistic ones, and 602 drones were shot down or suppressed…
https://unn.ua/en/news/russia-attacked-ukraine-with-73-missi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Overall, Russia launched 656 drones and 73 missiles in the overnight wave of strikes, according to Ukraine’s Air Force, which reported that 33 missiles had hit their targets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/world/europe/ukraine-war-…

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Claim 16: “The Zircon has a range of 1,000 kilometres and travels at nine times the speed of sound”

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Claim 17: “At least six people were killed and 66 injured, including children, across the capital of Kyiv”

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While sources confirm attacks on Kyiv on June 2, 2026, the specific figures of 'six killed and 66 injured' are not explicitly mentioned in the provided evidence snippets; other sources mention 'four people' or 'at least 10'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both banks of the Dnieper River. As of January 2022, the population of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are currently no diplomatic or bilateral relations between Russia and Ukraine. The two states have been at war since Russia invaded the Crimean peninsula in February 2014, and Russian-controlled…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–Ukraine_relations

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Claim 18: “Air defence systems were also repelling drone attacks over Sevastopol, a Russian naval fleet base, in Russia-occupied Crimea”

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