Russia last week warned that it intended to launch “systematic strikes” on targets in Kyiv linked to the Ukrainian military as well as decision-making centers, and urged foreigners to leave.

Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack against Ukraine overnight on June 2, targeting Kyiv with missile and drone fire.

KYIV, June 2 (Reuters) - A major Russian attack targeted Kyiv early on Tuesday, with at least four people injured and an apartment building in the Ukrainian capital heavily damaged, according to witnesses and officials.

As for the Ukrainian government, declaring victory will require more than the cessation of hostilities. The invading country must be left “much weaker,” so that it can’t re-arm as it did after its 2014 invasion of Crimea, Aloian said.

Drivers in Russian-controlled Crimea were grappling ⁠with gasoline rationing on ​Monday after Ukrainian drone attacks constricted road supplies ⁠across south-eastern Ukraine, Reuters witnesses and officials said.

It is the highest on-the-record estimate of Russian military deaths to come from any government since the war in Ukraine began.

A major Russian attack on parts of Ukraine and its capital, Kyiv, has killed multiple people, damaged buildings and likely trapped others under rubble, local authorities say.

A Russian drone that was part of an attack on Ukraine went astray and struck an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people in the NATO member country, Romanian officials said Friday. The incursion added to concerns that the war could spread across the alliance’s borders.

More than four years ago, Belarus allowed Russia to use its territory to invade Ukraine. Now officials in Kyiv warn that Belarus may again provide a launchpad for a new Russian attack.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine long-range missiles have hit an oil refinery in Saratov, Russia, '700 kilometers from the frontline.'