Zelenskyy warns of low air defence supplies after Russian strike kills nine in Ukraine – Europe live
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that a shortage of Western-supplied air defense interceptors is leaving the country vulnerable to Russian missile strikes. Recent attacks on Kyiv have resulted in multiple casualties, highlighting the urgent need for more military support from allies.
Why it matters
The depletion of air defense systems directly impacts the safety of civilians and the ongoing military capability of Ukraine against Russian aggression.
Hello, and welcome to our Europe live blog. Nine people have been killed in Ukraine after Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones at the capital Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian authorities have said.
Twenty-two people were also injured in the attack, which the Russian defence ministry described as a “massive strike” against “Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities and logistics centres in Kyiv”. Andrii Sybiha , the Ukrainian foreign minister, said Russia was “intensifying its air attacks and terror against civilians”.
People look at a crater at the site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine. It came just two days after an onslaught of Russian missiles killed 10 people and injured more than 50 others across Ukraine, as Moscow looks to exploit Kyiv’s shortage of western-supplied air defence systems.
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