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Russia launched a large ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, wounding at least five people and causing fires and damage across several central districts as residents sought shelter in shelters and metro stations; the strikes followed Ukraine’s drone barrage in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, which Kyiv said targeted military facilities and prompted Moscow to threaten retaliation.
A May 2025 inspector general report found the Pentagon has effectively dismantled the legally required civilian-harm policy program (CHMR) and the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence (CP CoE) due to funding cuts and staff losses, leaving only a skeletal operation and risking non-compliance with federal law. The CHMR steering committee last met in December, two senior officials had proposed cutting the program earlier in the year, and DoD was given until June 12 to deliver a remediation plan. Civilian-harm monitors warn that degraded safeguards could lead to greater civilian casualties in ongoing operations.
A Russian cruise-missile strike hit a nine-story Kyiv apartment building, killing 24 people (including three teenagers) and wounding about 48 as Ukraine faced its largest barrage since the invasion; rescue workers spent more than a day digging through rubble, and President Zelenskyy visited the site to urge continued international support.
After a US-brokered three-day ceasefire expired, Russia launched hundreds of drones across Ukraine, killing at least six and injuring many others in attacks on regions including Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odesa, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia; Kyiv says the strikes targeted civilian infrastructure and rail facilities, with authorities warning the barrage could be followed by major missile strikes. Ukrainian officials reported thousands of drones in play that day (753 drones in a single window, per the air force) amid ongoing cross-border incidents, while Russia claimed Ukrainian drones hit sites inside Russia. Slovakia closed a border crossing for security reasons as cross-border tensions rose.
Russia launched a prolonged, multi‑wave drone-and-missile assault across Ukraine using a new Shahed tactic to overwhelm air defenses; Ukrainian intelligence warned Moscow could later unleash cruise and ballistic missiles against critical infrastructure and major cities, with civilian casualties and power outages reported in several regions and a drone incursion into Moldova, while Ukraine’s forces shot down or suppressed many drones overnight.
Armed rebels linked to CODECO killed at least 69 people in Ituri after an earlier CRP assault, with the toll potentially rising as bodies are recovered. MONUSCO rescued nearly 200 civilians from the CRP attack on FARDC positions and condemned the violence. The violence highlights a long-running Hema–Lendu conflict in the mineral-rich eastern DRC, compounded by multiple armed groups and ongoing attacks by others such as ADF and M23, leaving civilians at great risk.
Russia launched dozens of drones against Ukraine, ignoring the unilateral ceasefire, with reports of an aerial guided-bomb strike in Kramatorsk that killed civilians and underscoring ongoing danger in the Donetsk region.
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed about 60 people over four days, bringing the death toll to roughly 77 since Thursday, as fighting continues despite a ceasefire. Hezbollah has been launching drone and rocket attacks in response, while Israel says it targets the group. Civilians—including children—are among the casualties, and both sides accuse the other of violations as diplomatic efforts in Washington yield no immediate results and the border-area tensions remain high near the yellow line.
Israel says its campaign in southern Lebanon mirrors the Gaza model of destroying civilian infrastructure to degrade Hezbollah, with satellite imagery showing widespread demolitions of towns, schools, and utilities near the border as a multi-mile buffer is created; the fighting has killed hundreds, displaced more than a million, and drawn war-crimes concerns from rights groups while residents wait to see if they can return.
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed seven people, including civilians, in an attack near the Tyre area, underscoring the ongoing humanitarian toll of the conflict.
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed 10 people and wounded two Israeli soldiers after a Hezbollah drone attack, as cross-border fighting with Hezbollah escalates and civilians in Tyre suffer destruction.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Cain defended the Iran war during a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing, arguing the U.S. stockpile remains in good shape and signaling a pause in fighting while officials provide limited details on next steps. They noted possible Russian assistance to Iran and discussed a reinterpretation of the War Powers Act’s 60‑day clock during the pause, as civilian-harm concerns and rollbacks of civilian-oversight offices were raised by lawmakers amid questions about the roughly $25 billion spent and stalled ceasefire talks.
At least 14 people were killed and 38 wounded, including five children, when a bomb exploded on a busy stretch of the Pan-American Highway in Cajibío, Cauca, southwestern Colombia, in what authorities described as part of a weekend surge of attacks blamed on dissident FARC groups led by Iván Mordisco. The blast left a cratered road and wreckage as violence spread to nearby towns; officials say a national security council is being convened and President Gustavo Petro called for the maximum pursuit of the group while coordinating with Venezuela on border security.
Overnight Russian and Ukrainian airstrikes wounded and killed civilians, with Dnipro reporting a four-story building partially destroyed and at least 14 people injured, as Zelenskyy calls for renewed talks to ease the fighting.
Russia launched one of its largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, firing 47 missiles and 619 drones and targeting Dnipro along with Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa, and Kyiv oblasts. At least four people were killed and 32 injured, including a child, with a four-story building and an industrial facility hit in Dnipro; Ukrainian air defenses intercepted most missiles and drones, but damage extended to homes, vehicles, and infrastructure across several cities as Zelensky urged partners to bolster air defenses.