Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces launch five-hour drone assault on Kyiv in one of conflict’s largest attacks
Russian forces launched a devastating five-hour drone assault on Kyiv on Tuesday in one of the largest attacks on the capital of the war so far.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Moscow’s forces fired over 315 drones at Ukraine overnight, killing a total of seven people.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said four people were injured in the attack on the capital, which sparked fires across the city.
In a statement posted on Telegram, Mr Zelensky said: “Every night, instead of a ceasefire, there have been massive strikes with Shaheds, cruise missiles and ballistics. Today was one of the largest strikes on Kyiv. Odesa, the Dnipro region and Chernihiv region were also targeted.”
The attacks came a day after Moscow launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment in the three-year war.
Kyiv had been anticipating a strong Russian response to its Operation Spider Web attack on June 1 that hit Russian aircraft.
