Overview
- On the night of 14–15 June Russia launched a large combined air assault using dozens of missiles and hundreds of attack drones that struck Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro and other regions.
- Ukrainian officials say the strikes killed 11 people and wounded 53 nationwide while fires and damage were recorded at major cultural sites including the Kyiv‑Pechersk Lavra, the Mystetskyi Arsenal and the Dovzhenko film studio.
- Ukraine’s air‑defence services report intercepting hundreds of incoming targets — roughly 50 rockets and about 582 drones according to Ukrainian military tallies — even as some warheads and drone fragments hit populated areas.
- The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says forensic analysis of wreckage shows a Russian Geran‑2 loitering munition struck the Lavra, a finding Moscow’s defence ministry contests with alternative explanations.
- Kyiv has opened UNESCO and legal procedures, urged G7 and EU leaders for rapid delivery of more air‑defence systems and is documenting cultural damage for future accountability and criminal cases.