{"id":679406,"date":"2026-06-02T07:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/679406\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:31:16","slug":"nine-fatalities-recorded-in-russian-strikes-on-ukraine-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/679406\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine fatalities recorded in Russian strikes on Ukraine &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-06-02T05:55:37+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Moscow\/ Kyiv<\/p>\n<p>At least nine people were killed and more than 60 others<br \/>\nwere wounded in Russian strikes, with Kyiv and Dnipro among the hardest-hit<br \/>\nareas, Ukrainian authorities confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported four deaths and 51<br \/>\ninjuries across multiple districts of the capital. \u201cExplosions in the city! Air<br \/>\ndefense forces are working! Stay in shelters! Power was knocked out in several<br \/>\ndistricts of the Ukrainian capital,\u201d he wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>A fire also broke out in a non-residential building in<br \/>\nKyiv\u2019s Podil district, while another apartment block caught fire after missile<br \/>\ndebris fell onto its roof.<\/p>\n<p>As the strikes on Kyiv unfolded, another Russian attack in<br \/>\nthe city of Dnipro left four people dead. Images released by local authorities<br \/>\nshowed heavily damaged residential buildings, burned vehicles, and a children\u2019s<br \/>\nplayground reduced to rubble.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned<br \/>\nthat Russia was preparing a \u201cmassive new strike\u201d on the country. \u201cWe have intelligence<br \/>\ninformation about Russia preparing a new massive strike,\u201d Zelenskyy wrote on X,<br \/>\nurging people to \u201cprotect your lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have intel indicating that Russia is preparing a new massive attack. Please pay attention to air raid alerts and stay safe.Air defense and the continued need to help Ukraine protect its skies are our key priorities. I am grateful to every partner, every leader, and every\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sjXecyOjfW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/sjXecyOjfW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2060413160826306994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 29, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Russian-Ukrainian conflict began in February 2022 and<br \/>\nhas since evolved into a <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/World\/Russia-Ukraine-talks-unlikely-to-yield-agreement-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">prolonged<\/a> war involving cross-border drone and missile<br \/>\nattacks, with both sides regularly targeting military and infrastructure sites<br \/>\nfar from the front lines.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in<br \/>\nUkraine, at least 238 civilians were killed and 1,404 injured in April alone,<br \/>\nmarking the highest monthly civilian casualty toll since July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-02T05:55:37+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Moscow\/ Kyiv At least nine people were killed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20279,4,450,451,7931,7933,3,296104,1206,963,452,453,1208],"class_list":["post-679406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-attacks","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-kyiv","tag-moscow","tag-news","tag-nine-fatalities-recorded-in-russian-strikes-on-ukraine","tag-russia","tag-russia-ukraine-war","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}