On Saturday, June 8, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that its drone hunters and air defenses had shot down nine of 13 Iran-made Shahed drones over four regions.
According to Reuters, the Ukrainian Air Force statement said that the Shahed drones were downed over the central region of Poltava, the southeastern regions of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk, and the northeastern region of Kharkiv. A Russian X-59 missile was also shot down.
The governor of Dnipropetrovsk region said that the overnight drone attack damaged commercial and residential buildings as well as a power line. Details of damages in other areas were not immediately available.
On Tuesday, June 4, the governor of Dnipro region also reported a Russian missile attack on the city of Dnipro, which injured at least eight people, including two children. He also stated on his Telegram channel that debris from downed Russian missiles had caused damage to residential buildings and a hospital.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Human Rights Office said on Friday, June 7, that the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine last month increased sharply to 174, the highest number in nearly a year.
According to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, overall casualties last month increased by 31 percent compared to the previous month, marking the highest number of deaths in the past 12 months.
Last month, Russia launched a new military offensive in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, and this city has been under heavy daily attacks, resulting in many civilian casualties.
