The warning from the dictator's hardline foreign minister Sergei Lavrov came as Russia is being forced onto the back foot in the war.

Ukraine struck a key oil refinery in Moscow early Thursday morning for the second time this week, Russian officials said, as Kyiv increasingly targets Russian energy infrastructure in long-range attacks.

Russia attacked Kyiv with missiles, local authorities said on Thursday, as they urged residents to take shelter hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders.

A massive black cloud rising above the St. Petersburg skyline from a Ukrainian drone strike set a gloomy tone for the opening of President Vladimir Putin’s annual showcase of Russia’s economic achievements.

Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.

The missile and drone assault by Russia on June 14-15, 2026, ignited a fire at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a millennium-old UNESCO World Heritage Site and a revered location in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.