Russia launches one of war's largest air attacks on Kyiv

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Russia launched another prolonged drone attack on Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday (June 10), killing one person and damaging swathes of Kyiv as well as striking a maternity ward in the southern port of Odesa, regional officials said.

The overnight strikes followed Russia's biggest drone assault on Ukraine on Monday (June 9)—part of stepped-up operations that Moscow said were retaliatory measures for Kyiv's recent brazen attacks in Russia.

At least four people were hospitalised in Kyiv as a result of the hours-long attacks that hit seven of the city's 10 districts, city officials said.

Air raid alerts in Kyiv and most Ukrainian regions lasted five hours until around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT), according to military data. The attack sparked fires in residential and non-residential neighbourhoods and open space areas, city officials said. Reuters' witnesses heard and saw countless loud explosions shaking the city and lighting the night sky.

An office building in the city centre, which hosted a UK Visa application centre before the war, was badly damaged during the attack.

Ukraine's air force said Russia had fired 315 drones across the country, of which 277 were downed. All seven missiles launched by Russia were also brought down, it said.

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KYIV, UKRAINE (JUNE 10, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. SKYLINE WITH EXPLOSION ON GROUND

2. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN TRACER ROUNDS IN SKY

3. EXPLOSION ON GROUND

4. VARIOUS OF SKYLINE WITH RISING SMOKE AND EXPLOSIONS

5. SKYLINE WITH GLOW OF FIRE

6. ANTI-AIRCAFT GUN TRACER ROUNDS IN SKY

7. VARIOUS OF SKYLINE WITH SAINT ANDREWS CHURCH AND SOUND OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS

KYIV, UKRAINE (JUNE 10, 2025) (REUTERS - Access All)

8. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDING, SMOULDERING RUINS

9. VARIOUS OF FRAGMENTS OF DRONE

10. RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, SMOKE BILLOWING

11. RESIDENTS WALKING IN THE STREET FULL OF RUBBLE

12. RUBBLE

13. FIRE, SMOKE INSIDE BUILDING

14. RESIDENTS STANDING, FIRE ENGINE

15. FIREFIGHTER INSIDE BUILDING

KYIV, UKRAINE (JUNE 10, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

16. FIRE ENGINE WITH LADDER IN FRONT OF BURNING OFFICE BUILDING

17. FIREFIGHTER SPRAYING WATER AT FLAMES

18. FLAMES BURSTING THROUGH WINDOWS

19. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTER SPRAYING WATER AT BURNING BUILDING

20. VARIOUS OF POLICE EXPERTS EXAMINING DRONE DEBRIS

21. DRONE ENGINE

22. DRONE DEBRIS WITH TAILNUMBER AND READING IN RUSSIAN "GERAN-2"

23. POLICE OFFICER TAKING NOTES

24. DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

25. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED CARS

26. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) OLEKSANDR BUTKO, 57, LOCAL RESIDENT, SAYING:

"At two o'clock in the morning, the air raid siren went off and the Shahed (drones) started coming one by one. There were a lot of hits. One had hit 'accurately'. Right into the apartment. As you can see, the apartment is gone. Three, to be precise. Those are the kind of neighbours we have. They're dogs."

27. VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF DAMAGED FLATS

GIVEN AS ODESA, UKRAINE (RELEASED JUNE 10, 2025) (OLEH KIPER VIA TELEGRAM - Must on-screen courtesy "Oleh Kiper via Telegram”) (NIGHT SHOTS)

28. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTER SPRAYING WATER ONTO BURNING BUILDING

29. VARIOUS OF BURNING BUILDING

30. DAMAGED BUILDING / DEBRIS ON STREET

31. TWO EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL HOLDING FLASHLIGHTS AND INSPECTING DAMAGE

32. PEOPLE CLEANING UP GLASS FROM FLOOR OF DAMAGED MATERNITY WARD

33. SIGN READING (Ukrainian): “OBSTETRIC OBSERVATION DEPARTMENT”

34. PEOPLE CLEANING UP IN DAMAGED MATERNITY WARD

35. BROKEN GLASS WINDOW PANE ON MATERNITY WARD

36. PERSON SWEEPING UP GLASS OUTSIDE OF DAMAGED MATERNITY WARD

37. ODESA REGION GOVERNOR OLEH KIPER AND OFFICIALS SPEAKING TO MATERNITY WARD STAFF

38. FIREFIGHTER / KIPER SPEAKING TO MATERNITY WARD STAFF

GIVEN AS ODESA, UKRAINE (RELEASED JUNE 10, 2025) (HENNADIY TRUKHANOV VIA TELEGRAM - Must on-screen courtesy "Hennadiy Trukhanov via Telegram”) (MUTE) (NIGHT SHOTS)

39. EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL SHINING FLASHLIGHTS ON STREET

40. RESIDENTS STANDING OUTSIDE BUILDING

41. ODESA MAYOR HENNADIY TRUKHANOV WALKING INTO BUILDING

42. TRUKHANOV STANDING INSIDE BUILDING WHILE EMERGENCY WORKERS TEND TO INJURED ELDERLY MAN

43. INJURED ELDERLY MAN

44. VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS HELPING INJURED PEOPLE AWAY

ODESA, UKRAINE (JUNE 10, 2025) (ODESA CITY COUNCIL – Must on screen courtesy Odesa City Council)(MUTE)

45. DAMAGED MATERNITY WARD

46. DAMAGED MATERNITY WARD INTERIOR

47. WOMAN CLEANING BROKEN GLASS, TRUKHANOV WALKING INSIDE

48. PREGNANT WOMAN

ODESA, UKRAINE (JUNE 10, 2025) (ODESA CITY COUNCIL – Must on screen courtesy Odesa City Council)

49. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian/Russian) ODESA MAYOR, HENNADIY TRUKHANOV, SAYING:

“Unfortunately, there was a lot of damage tonight. (SWITCHES TO RUSSIAN) Our maternity ward (was damaged), known to all the Odesans – fortunately nobody was injured, everyone was in the shelter.”

ODESA, UKRAINE (JUNE 10, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

50. DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

51. MAN NEAR DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

52. SCATTERED DEBRIS

53. WOMAN IN BATHROBE

54. RESCUERS CARRYING DEBRIS, RESIDENT OF DAMAGED BUILDING WAITING

55. RESCUERS WORKING ON ROOF

56. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED CARS

57. WOMAN WALKING ON DEBRIS

58. DESTROYED CAR

59. PEOPLE CARRYING DOGS, WALKING ON DEBRIS

60. DESTROYED CAR