As a result of the Russian missile attack on Dnipro that occurred on the night of June 2, the number of fatalities in the city has reached eight, including a child. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Hanzha. According to him, another victim, a 60-year-old man, died in the hospital due to severe injuries.
This is reported by Finway
Among the dead is a child, dozens injured in Dnipro and Kyiv
Later, rescuers retrieved the body of a boy born in 2023 from the rubble of a four-story residential building. The tragedy has claimed the lives of eight people. According to regional authorities, 35 people were injured in the attack, including three children. Twenty of the injured have been hospitalized, four of whom are in serious condition.
Russian missiles and drones damaged about 50 buildings in Dnipro, as well as more than two thousand windows. Emergency services are continuously working at the site of the tragedy, and an assessment of the damage is ongoing.
“Unfortunately, the doctors were unable to save the 60-year-old man. His injuries were too severe. The nighttime enemy attack on the city claimed 7 lives.”
The situation in Kyiv and the consequences of the massive attack
In Kyiv, according to the city mayor Vitali Klitschko, the number of injured has risen to 65, including three children. Thirty-eight victims have been hospitalized, and the number of people seeking help continues to grow. Preliminary reports indicated four fatalities in the capital.
During the shelling in Kyiv, the premises of outpatient clinic No. 5 on Akademika Zabolotnoho Street, one of the largest in the Holosiivskyi district serving about 20,000 patients, were damaged.
According to the Air Force, on the night of June 2, Russia launched 73 missiles and 656 drones over Ukrainian territory, of which air defense forces shot down 40 missiles and 602 drones. Regular strikes using missiles, kamikaze drones, guided aerial bombs, and multiple rocket launch systems are aimed at civilian infrastructure in various regions of the country.
Ukrainian authorities and international human rights organizations classify such attacks as war crimes of the Russian Federation and emphasize their targeted nature. Special attention is drawn to the shelling of critical infrastructure and healthcare facilities, leading to a lack of electricity, heat, water, communication, and medical assistance, which is one of the signs of genocidal actions.
Lawyers, genocide researchers, and human rights defenders note that during the large-scale war, Russia is committing actions against the citizens of Ukraine that may fall under the definition of genocide. Among them are declarations of intent to destroy Ukrainians, public calls for the elimination of the nation, targeted shelling of critical infrastructure, persecution and extermination of pro-Ukrainian individuals in occupied territories, extermination of the intelligentsia, deportation of children, and destruction of cultural values.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the UN in 1948, obliges participating countries (currently 149) to prevent acts of genocide and punish those responsible for such actions in both wartime and peacetime. Genocide is defined as acts intended to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, including by killing its members, creating living conditions intended to destroy them, preventing births, forcibly transferring children, and publicly inciting such acts.
At the same time, the leadership of Russia denies the facts of targeting civilian objects in the cities and villages of Ukraine, as well as the destruction of hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy facilities, and water supply systems.