Russia launched Shahed drones, cruise missile, and ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv and several oblasts of Ukraine, including Odesa, Zaporizhzhya, and Chernihiv on June 17.

Russia deliberately targeted civilians in Kyiv to break morale and push Ukraine toward unfavorable negotiations — a tactic it has used before, military expert Mykhailo Zhyrokhov told Radio NV on June ...