Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko (L) visiting Dormition Cathedral in the Orthodox complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra which was hit during a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv on June 15, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by HANDOUT / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
Russia fired a barrage of missiles at several major Ukrainian cities, setting fire to Kyiv’s historic Dormition Cathedral at the UNESCO world heritage site Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and killing eleven, while Ukraine strikes claimed three lives in a city south of Moscow.
