By Euronews
Published on
08/06/2025 – 15:13 GMT+2
Russian troops attacked Ukraine with virtually 50 Shahed-type drones, in addition to UAVs, on Sunday night time.
In addition, an Onyx anti-ship missile and two Kh-59/69 guided air missiles had been introduced at Ukrainian territory.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that they controlled to neutralise 40 drones. The primary spaces of the moves had been the Kharkiv and Donetsk areas.
The day ahead of, quite a lot of Ukrainian towns was the objective of Russian assaults. Kharkiv suffered essentially the most, having been hit by way of a number of robust moves the usage of kamikaze drones, guided aerial bombs and missiles. According to the National Police, 6 other folks had been killed and dozens had been injured within the Kharkiv area in 24 hours.
“There is a central park nearby, where people were relaxing, and the Children’s Railway, where employees were,” mentioned Oleg Sinegubov, head of the regional management, on the website of one of the most moves. “One woman died on the spot. At least three people were injured and are in critical condition.”
Zelensky referred to as for “tough coercion of Russia to peace”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned new Russian moves, calling on global companions to “toughly coerce Russia to peace.”
“Air bombs on civilians in the city – there is even a children’s railway nearby,” Zelensky wrote on social media. “This makes no military sense. Pure terrorism. And this has been going on for more than three years of a full-scale war. This cannot be ignored. We cannot turn a blind eye to this. And this is not some kind of game. Every day we lose our people only because Russia feels impunity. Russia needs tough coercion to peace.”
In his night deal with, the Ukrainian president mentioned that those Russian moves don’t seem to be “in response” however to ruin.
This will not be the ‘complete reaction’
Russian bombing of Ukrainian towns has larger after Kyiv “humiliated” the Kremlin with a wonder drone assault on army airfields deep in Russia. The escalation of hostilities has weakened hopes for a ceasefire within the conflict that has been happening for greater than 3 years.
At the similar time, the United States, in step with Reuters, believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s danger of retaliation in opposition to Ukraine for Operation Spider Web has now not but been absolutely applied and can in all probability be an important multilateral strike. The company cites the reviews of unnamed American officers.
One of them notes that “the timing of a full Russian response is unclear and that it is expected within days.” Another believes that the reaction “will likely include various types of air capabilities, including missiles and drones.”
Reuters additionally cites two Western diplomatic resources as suggesting. One believes “that while Russia’s response may have already begun, it is likely to escalate with strikes on symbolic Ukrainian targets such as government buildings in an attempt to send a clear message to Kyiv.”
Another senior Western diplomat predicts “a further devastating attack by Moscow” that “will be huge, brutal and merciless.”
The company additionally quotes Michael Kofman, a Russia knowledgeable on the Carnegie Endowment, as pronouncing that “Moscow could try to punish the SBU” for its function in Operation Spider’s Web and use medium-range ballistic missiles to assault or goal Ukrainian defence production centres.
However, the knowledgeable believes that “Russia’s ability to significantly strengthen its retaliatory strike may be limited.”
