Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17
Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and surrounding regions have resulted in 17 deaths and dozens of injuries. President Zelenskyy has linked the high casualty count to a shortage of Western-supplied air defense interceptors.
Why it matters
The escalation of ballistic missile attacks and the depletion of Ukrainian air defense capabilities represent a critical turning point in the ongoing conflict.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 44 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine invasion — explained The soaring demand for Patriot missiles, from the Middle East to Ukraine The attack was the latest in a series of large-scale Russian ballistic missile strikes that have become near-routine this summer. The intensified barrages are exploiting Ukraine's critical shortage of interceptor missiles for the U.S.-made Patriot systems, the sole air defense system in its arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles. Zelenskyy has pleaded with other countries to send more of the ammunition made scarcer by the Iran war.
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