The number of people injured in Russia’s massive overnight attack on Kyiv on June 15 has risen to 30, including two children aged five and six, according to the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko. Authorities also confirmed that four people were killed in the assault.
The large-scale attack, which involved missiles and strike drones, caused extensive damage across the Ukrainian capital, affecting residential areas, government institutions, and some of the country's most important cultural sites.
Emergency crews are continuing efforts to extinguish fires and eliminate the consequences of the strikes at the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and the National Cultural, Arts and Museum Complex Mystetskyi Arsenal.
According to the State Emergency Service, a fire broke out on the roof of the Dormition Cathedral at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, covering an area of approximately 800 square meters. Another blaze engulfed part of the Mystetskyi Arsenal complex, affecting around 1,000 square meters. Firefighters remain on site working to contain the damage and ensure the safety of the affected areas.
The attack also damaged the premises of Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court. The court reported that windows were shattered at its building on Beresteiskyi Avenue, while staff continue to assess the full extent of the destruction. Despite the damage, court officials stated that all scheduled hearings will proceed as planned.
One of the most significant cultural losses occurred at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio, one of Ukraine’s oldest and most renowned film production centers. According to Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture Tetiana Berezhna, a fire caused by the strike severely damaged the studio’s costume department.
As a result, Ukraine’s largest and oldest costume collection was destroyed. The studio housed approximately 100,000 costumes and nearly three million individual items of clothing and wardrobe materials. Several other buildings and facilities on the studio grounds were also damaged.
Rescue teams and emergency services continue to work at the site, carrying out recovery operations and securing the area.
Berezhna condemned the attack, arguing that Russia is deliberately targeting not only civilian infrastructure and civilians but also cultural institutions that preserve Ukraine’s identity, history and collective memory.
“The destruction of cultural centers is an attempt to strike at the memory, history and uniqueness of the Ukrainian people,” she said.
As a result of the overnight Russian attack, the Russian forces destroyed the largest innovative terminal of Ukraine’s leading express delivery company Nova Poshta in Kyiv, said CEO Yevhen Tafiychuk.
“This is a special sorting center. The first terminal in Ukraine equipped with the world’s most advanced parcel-sorting equipment from Vanderlande. A symbol of our development, bold investments in the future, innovation, Lean culture, and the daily drive to become better,” Tafiychuk wrote.
According to him, the company’s employees are safe. In addition, backup operating systems have been activated within the company.
