Russia launches more air strikes on Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine as NATO meets

National flags of Ukraine and European Union rise in front of the NATO emblem, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

(Reuters) - Russia launched a wave of kamikaze drone attacks on Kyiv and other cities for a second night in row, Ukraine's military said on Wednesday, hours before President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was due to meet NATO leaders at a summit in Lithuania.

Russia launched a total of 15 of the Iranian Shahed drones on Ukraine overnight, with Ukraine's defence forces shooting down 11 of them, the country's Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app.