On June 2, Russia carried out its largest ballistic and hypersonic missile attack of the year. On June 15, it nearly surpassed that record. The attacks point to a disturbing change in tactics: The Kremlin may be refining a new model of strikes on Ukrainian cities, relying on concentrated salvos of ballistic and hypersonic missiles to inflict maximum damage as Ukraine faces a growing shortage of Patriot interceptors. The two mass strikes in June followed a similar pattern. Russia launched more

Russia attacked Ukraine with 2 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, 2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles and 105 UAVs on the night of 20-21 June.

Ukraine's air defences intercepted 79 out of 88 Russian drones, but one ballistic missile and several UAVs reached their targets.