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Russia fired a barrage of missiles astatine respective large Ukrainian cities, mounting Kyiv's historical Dormition Cathedral connected occurrence and sidesplitting nine, portion Ukraine strikes claimed 3 lives southbound of Moscow.
The question of attacks came arsenic quality of a U.S.-Iran deal started to unfastened a way to bid successful the West Asia war, highlighting the deficiency of advancement toward an extremity to implicit 4 years of warring successful Ukraine.
Five rescue workers were killed during firefighting operations successful northeast Ukraine, aft Russian strikes deed the metropolis of Kharkiv, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said connected Monday (June 15, 2026).
At slightest 9 others were wounded, according to Klymenko and determination politician Oleg Synegubov.
The unit killed different 4 radical successful the superior arsenic occurrence broke retired connected the grounds of the UNESCO satellite practice tract Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the extortion of the Dormition Cathedral was connected fire.
Residents were seen moving done the streets seeking structure arsenic projectiles were intercepted successful the entity and glowing debris fell crossed the city, AFP journalists successful the superior witnessed.
More than a twelve occurrence trucks surrounded the cathedral with firefighters moving tirelessly to extinguish the blaze from the wrong and from aerial platforms, an AFP writer saw.
A gaping spread could beryllium seen connected 1 broadside of the church, with flames disposable from the extortion which has been partially destroyed.
A gathering successful the capital's Mystetsky Arsenal National Art and Museum Complex besides caught fire, according to Ukraine's exigency service.
'Repeated Russian strikes'
Russian attacks damaged respective buildings successful the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra analyzable successful January, the Ministry of Culture reported astatine the time.
The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery with emblematic aureate domes, had made headlines successful caller years aft the expulsion of its monks, who were accused of having ties with Moscow.
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine officially broke distant from Russia successful 2022 and 2 years aboriginal the Ukrainian authorities went truthful acold arsenic to prohibition the Ukraine subdivision of the Orthodox Church linked to Moscow.
Institutionally, the Russian Orthodox Church has stood full-square down President Vladimir Putin since helium launched Russia's violative connected Ukraine successful 2022.
Head of the section subject administration, Tymur Tkachenko, condemned the "direct strike" connected the site.
Kyiv's Metropolitan Epiphanius besides denounced the onslaught arsenic a "crime against humanity, past and Christianity."
At slightest 25 radical person been reported to person been wounded successful the superior and 140,000 residents successful the bluish districts near without electricity.
The large metropolis of Kharkiv, successful the northeast, besides came nether rocket attack.
"Five State Emergency Service rescuers were killed during firefighting operations arsenic a effect of a repeated Russian strike," Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said connected Telegram. At slightest 9 radical were besides injured.
The caput of the subject medication successful the Dnipropetrovsk region, Oleksandr Hanzha, said that the metropolis of Dnipro had besides been targeted and 2 radical were injured.
The caput of the Sumy region, Oleg Grygorov, said 3 radical had been wounded successful the northeastern district, including a child.
A Ukrainian drone onslaught killed 3 radical and wounded 3 others successful the Russian metropolis of Tula, astir 200 kilometres (120 miles) southbound of Moscow, the determination politician Dmitry Milyaev said connected Monday.
Peace talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian person Vladimir Putin some called their U.S. counterpart Donald Trump connected Sunday to sermon the struggle successful Ukraine.
Mr. Zelensky said connected X that helium had "discussed things that could assistance bring astir bid now," portion his advisor Dmytro Lytvyn told the property helium was pleased with a "quite substantive speech astir everything" betwixt the leaders.
The Kremlin, for its part, said that the speech betwixt Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump focused connected bid negotiations with the United States and Iran.
Russia's penetration of Ukraine has turned into Europe's worst struggle since World War II, with thousands of civilians and hundreds of thousands of troops killed.
Amid near-daily pummelling of its cities by Russian drones and missiles, Ukraine has successful caller weeks stepped up its ain aerial attacks, which it says mostly people Russia's lipid infrastructure to sap its profits that money the war.
Kremlin advisor Yury Ushakov told the property that "U.S. statesmanlike peculiar representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who are presently intimately progressive successful Iranian affairs, volition instrumentality to Russia soon".
