Russia on Friday (6 June) said the Ukraine war "existential" for its future after Moscow launched a wave of retaliatory drone and missile strikes that killed at least three in Kyiv, reported Mint.

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had carried out a massive and successful strike on military and military-related targets in Ukraine overnight in response to what it called Ukrainian "terrorist acts" against Russia.

The Russian attacks come after President Donald Trump likened the two sides to children on a playground who needed “to fight for a while.”