Russian missile barrage kills 17 in Ukraine's capital region
A Russian missile strike on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people, as Ukraine's depleted air defenses struggled to intercept the barrage. President Zelenskyy has renewed calls for international partners to provide more Patriot interceptors to protect civilians.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the ongoing vulnerability of Ukrainian cities to aerial attacks due to critical shortages in air defense ammunition.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded dozens, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s depleted air defenses failed to stop any of Moscow’s incoming missiles overnight.
The barrage, which lasted about two hours, was the latest in a series of large-scale Russian missile strikes that have become almost routine this summer. Moscow is exploiting Ukraine’s critical shortage of interceptors for the U.S.-made Patriot systems, the sole air defense weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles.
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