Days after operation Spiderweb, Russia launched 407 drones and 45 missiles at the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, i n the early hours of Friday, June 6th. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow’s attack injured 80, killed six, and targeted “almost all” of Ukraine, listing nine regions, from Lviv in the west to Sumy in the northeast.

The Kremlin said on Friday the Ukraine war was "existential" for Russia, after it launched a wave of retaliatory drone and missile strikes that killed at least four people.

Russia has delivered on its promise to retaliate to Ukraine’s recent drone strikes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed to Ukraine’s allies to apply more pressure on Russia and their leader Vladimir Putin.