Russia has increasingly focused its strikes on the capital Kyiv. Kyiv has been targeted in 17 out of 21 reported Russian attacks on Ukraine in May, compared with twice out of seven attacks in April.

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces in Kyiv said on Friday they shot down 36 Russian missiles and drones in and around the capital overnight, with two people injured by falling debris before authorities lifted air raid alerts across most of the country.

Three people were killed, including a 9-year-old girl, and at least 11 were injured after invading Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capitalcity of Kyiv with ballistic and cruise missiles overnight on June 1.

An overnight Russian missile attack on Kyiv killed at least three people, including a 9-year-old girl and her mother, and wounded 10 others, city officials said on June 1. The casualty toll was the highest from one attack on the nation's capital in the past month.

The residents of Kyiv’s Desnianskyi district were likely killed in a Russian missile strike overnight on June 1 because a bomb shelter in the local children’s polyclinic was closed, a NV correspondent has reported from the scene.

"Let me remind you, there's Alaska across the strait," Russia State Duma Deputy, Andrey Gurulyov said on state-run TV.

The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence has warned Putin of a revenge attack following fresh missile strikes. General Kyrylo Budanov described a wave of attacks on Monday as an attempt to “intimidate us”, adding that Russia would “regret it very soon.”