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Russia launched a large overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, killing at least five people in Kyiv and injuring dozens, damaging the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery when a Shahed drone struck its Dormition Cathedral roof; UNESCO condemned the strike on the World Heritage site, Zelensky pledged retaliation, and power outages affected thousands in the capital.
A massive Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on June 15 knocked out power for about 140,000 residents, ignited fires across the city including at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra UNESCO site, and left at least five people dead with dozens injured as authorities warned the threat remained; relics were evacuated from the monastery, and damage extended to areas including the Dovzhenko Film Studio where a large costume collection was destroyed, with 27 missiles fired in about an hour across the Kyiv region.