Ukrainian soldiers prepare to launch drones at a target in Russia earlier this year. The Russian military blasted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with waves of ballistic missiles and drones in a deadly show of force that lasted into Thursday morning. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times) By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and MARC SANTORA The Russian military blasted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with waves of ballistic missiles and drones that lasted into Thursday morning, a deadly show of force after weeks of…
