Russia hits Ukraine overnight with missile and drone strikes

MOSCOW/KIEV, June 15– Russian forces launched a wave of missile and drone strikes on Kiev and several other Ukrainian cities overnight Monday, targeting military and industrial facilities, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The ministry said the strikes involved air-, ground- and sea-launched precision weapons as well as strike drones, targeting Ukrainian defense industry facilities in the cities of Kiev, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk, along with military airfields and territorial recruitment centers.