Russia's recent attacks are maximum it can achieve, Ukraine's defense minister says
Photo: Mykhailo Fedorov (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
He emphasized that Russia spends several weeks stockpiling resources for large-scale attacks on Ukraine, but the scale of these strikes may already reflect the enemy's maximum capabilities.
"Everything they can accumulate is, as we see, the maximum they are capable of achieving at this moment," the minister said.
Fedorov noted that the attacks on Kyiv have no impact on the situation at the front and cannot stop Ukrainian weapons production.
"It does not affect the battlefield situation in any way, and it does not affect weapons production in Ukraine. It is simply psychological pressure, and they continue to apply it," he stressed.
The defense minister also commented on the missile strikes on Kyiv, noting they reveal the Russian leadership’s nervousness.
"But this is some kind of agony and Putin's nerves — trying to strike the city center and kill civilians," Fedorov said.
Attack on Kyiv on the night of June 15
Russian forces launched a massive combined attack on Kyiv during the night of June 15. The territory of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra came under fire, and a blaze broke out in the Dormition Cathedral following a strike.
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) later determined that Russian forces had deliberately targeted the area where the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and the Mystetskyi Arsenal cultural complex are located. Russia used Geran-2 drones.
The attack also damaged residential buildings, cultural heritage sites, and civilian infrastructure. A total of 34 people were injured in the capital, while five people were killed.
In addition, the Russian strike damaged the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio. A fire destroyed Ukraine's largest and oldest collection of stage costumes.
