Overview
- On June 24, Russian forces struck Dnipro with missiles and drones, killing nine people and injuring over 100 as residential buildings, schools and medical facilities were damaged.
- Ukraine’s air force reported shooting down 339 of 352 drones and intercepting 15 of 16 missiles launched overnight across multiple regions.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to London to meet UK leaders, urging allies to commit 0.25% of GDP to bolster Ukraine’s defense industry.
- French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure as evidence of Russia’s “unlimited cruelty” and called for new European sanctions.
- Sustained drone and missile barrages have repeatedly devastated metro bomb shelters, sports venues and hospitals, driving up civilian casualties and humanitarian needs.