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Turkey to Impose Stricter Measures If Citizens Continue Ignoring 'Voluntary Quarantine'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters
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Turkey to Impose Stricter Measures If Citizens Continue Ignoring 'Voluntary Quarantine'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey might be taking new measures to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.

The Turkish president warned that people were not abiding by the self-isolation recommendations.

"We won't need further measures if all our citizens keep themselves in a voluntary quarantine."

"However, we may have to take much more advanced measures if the pandemic spreads and our citizens don't stay at home," Erdogan said during a meeting of his AK Party provincial heads in a televised video conference.

Erdogan has stopped short of announcing a full lockdown across Turkey, mainly for economic reasons, despite growing pressure to do so after cases kept on rising.

"We are determined to continue production and exports," Erdogan said earlier, Reuters reported.

Turkey has registered so far more than 13,000 in just three weeks, with 214 deaths.

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Russian Attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv Kills Three, Wounds 22, Mayor Says

A firefighter extinguishes a fire at a civilian plant following Russian powerful attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early on June 7, 2025. (AFP)
A firefighter extinguishes a fire at a civilian plant following Russian powerful attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early on June 7, 2025. (AFP)
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Russian Attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv Kills Three, Wounds 22, Mayor Says

A firefighter extinguishes a fire at a civilian plant following Russian powerful attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early on June 7, 2025. (AFP)
A firefighter extinguishes a fire at a civilian plant following Russian powerful attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early on June 7, 2025. (AFP)

Russia attacked the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv at night with drones, missiles and guided bombs, killing at least three people and injuring 22, including a one-and-a-half-month-old baby, the city mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said on Saturday.

One of Ukraine's largest cities, Kharkiv is located just a few dozen kilometers from the Russian border and has been under constant Russian shelling during more than three years of war.

"Kharkiv is currently experiencing the most powerful attack since the start of the full-scale war," Terekhov said on the Telegram messenger early on Saturday.

Dozens of explosions were heard in the city through the night and Russian troops were striking simultaneously with missiles, drones and guided aerial bombs, he said.

Multi-storey and private residential buildings, educational and infrastructure facilities were attacked, Terekhov noted.

Photos by local authorities and Reuters showed burnt and partially destroyed houses and vehicles, and of rescuers carrying those injured to safety and removing debris.

Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov said that one of the city's civilian industrial facilities was attacked by 40 drones, one missile and four bombs, causing a fire, adding there may still be people under the rubble.

The Ukrainian military said Russia launched 206 drones, 2 ballistic and 7 other missiles against Ukraine overnight.

It said its air defense units shot down 87 drones while another 80 drones were lost - in reference to the Ukrainian military using electronic warfare to redirect them - or they were drone simulators that did not carry warheads.

Ten locations were hit, the military said.