IN PHOTOS: Russian drone strike kills five in Ukraine`s Pryluky

Updated On: 11 June, 2025 10:33 PM IST | Divya Nair

Russia launched fresh drone attacks on Ukraine amid ongoing tensions between the two nations. (Pics/AFP)

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Russia launched fresh drone attacks on Ukraine amid ongoing tensions between the two nations. (Pics/AFP)

<p>At least five people, including a one-year-old boy, his mother and grandmother, were killed in a Russian drone attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky</p>

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At least five people, including a one-year-old boy, his mother and grandmother, were killed in a Russian drone attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky

<p>Nearly six drones struck a residential area in the city shortly before dawn, injuring nine others, authorities said. The child who was killed was the grandson of the local fire chief, Ukraine`s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said</p>

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Nearly six drones struck a residential area in the city shortly before dawn, injuring nine others, authorities said. The child who was killed was the grandson of the local fire chief, Ukraine`s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said

<p>The fire chief, identified by local officials as 50-year-old Oleksandr Lebid, “arrived to respond to the aftermath right at his own home,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. “It turned out that a Shahed drone had struck his house," the President added</p>

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The fire chief, identified by local officials as 50-year-old Oleksandr Lebid, “arrived to respond to the aftermath right at his own home,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. “It turned out that a Shahed drone had struck his house," the President added

<p>Two women walk through the rubble of their home following overnight Russian drone strikes in the village of Rohanske, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, amid the ongoing Russian invasion</p>

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Two women walk through the rubble of their home following overnight Russian drone strikes in the village of Rohanske, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, amid the ongoing Russian invasion

<p>The attack occurred just hours after US President Donald Trump held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Trump, Putin stated ‘very strongly’ that Russia would retaliate in response to Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russian military airfields</p>

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The attack occurred just hours after US President Donald Trump held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Trump, Putin stated ‘very strongly’ that Russia would retaliate in response to Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russian military airfields

<p>An elderly woman and her son wait with their luggage to be evacuated from their home following overnight Russian drone strikes in eastern Ukraine, amid the ongoing escalation</p>

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An elderly woman and her son wait with their luggage to be evacuated from their home following overnight Russian drone strikes in eastern Ukraine, amid the ongoing escalation

<p>According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a total of 103 drones and one ballistic missile targeted multiple Ukrainian regions overnight, including Donetsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnipro and Kherson. The strikes damaged infrastructure and claimed many lives</p>

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According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a total of 103 drones and one ballistic missile targeted multiple Ukrainian regions overnight, including Donetsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnipro and Kherson. The strikes damaged infrastructure and claimed many lives

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