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Rescue efforts are ongoing pursuing a Russian aerial onslaught connected a residential territory successful the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro connected Saturday nighttime that injured 20 radical and near 3 children successful a superior condition, officials said. Attempted strikes connected Kyiv were repelled by Ukraines aerial defence strategy successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday morning, the capital's subject officials said. Read our unrecorded blog to spot however the day's events unfold. All times are Paris clip (GMT+2).

Issued on: 04/06/2023 - 06:59

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Rescuers enactment astatine a tract of a residential gathering heavy damaged by a Russian rocket onslaught connected outskirts of Dnipro, Ukraine June 3, 2023.

5:11am: Air onslaught injures 20 successful residential country of Dnipro, Ukrainian authoritative says

An aerial onslaught deed a residential territory successful the cardinal Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro connected Saturday night, injuring 20 radical and leaving 3 children successful a superior condition, officials said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia for the strike, saying much radical were trapped beneath the wreckage.

"The Russians attacked the city," Zelensky posted connected Facebook connected Saturday. "They deed betwixt 2 two-story residential buildings. Unfortunately, determination are radical nether the rubble."

"Five children were wounded by the force successful Pidhorodnenska community," said Serhiy Lysak, politician of Dnipropetrovsk region. "The full fig of injured accrued to 20. Of these, 17 are hospitalised," helium added.

"Under the rubble of a mangled house, rescuers proceed to hunt for people. There is astir apt a kid there."

4:53am: Russia's aerial onslaught repelled connected attack to Kyiv, Ukraine says

Russia launched a question of aerial attacks connected Ukraine aboriginal connected Sunday, with aerial defence systems repelling each missiles and drones connected their attack to Kyiv, the capital's subject officials said.

"According to preliminary information, not a azygous aerial people reached the capital," Serhiy Popko, the caput of the subject administration, said connected the Telegram messaging app aboriginal connected Sunday.

"Air defence destroyed everything that was heading towards the metropolis already astatine their distant approaches."

Reuters could not independently verify the report.

4:39am: Drone changeable down successful Crimea's Dzhankoi, says Moscow-installed official

A drone was changeable down successful Dzhankoi successful Crimea, a Russian-installed authoritative successful the peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine successful 2014, said connected Sunday.

"There is harm to windows successful respective houses successful a residential district" from the overnight incident, Oleg Kryuchkov, an advisor successful the Moscow-installed medication of Crimea, posted connected the Telegram messaging app.

"All services are working. Official accusation - successful the morning," helium said.

Reuters could not independently verify the report.

2:08am: Air defence systems engaged successful repelling aerial attacks successful Kyiv

Air defence systems were engaged successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday successful repelling aerial attacks adjacent Kyiv, the subject medication of the Ukrainian superior said connected the Telegram messaging channel.

Reuters' witnesses reported that determination were respective blasts heard successful the Kyiv portion from what sounded similar aerial defence systems hitting targets.

All of Ukraine was nether aerial raid alerts.

Key developments from Saturday, June 3:

Ukrainian officials announced Saturday that an inspection had recovered astir a 4th of the country’s aerial raid shelters locked oregon unusable, conscionable 2 days aft a 33-year-old pistillate successful Kyiv allegedly died waiting extracurricular a shuttered structure during a Russian rocket barrage. The interior ministry said that of the “over 4,800” shelters it had inspected, 252 were locked and a further 893 “unfit for use”.

Ukraine is acceptable to motorboat its long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky said successful an interrogation published connected Saturday. "We powerfully judge that we volition succeed,” Zelensky told the Wall Street Journal.

Read yesterday's unrecorded blog to spot however the day's events unfolded.