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“Ukraine’s air defenses are coming under a growing strain with dwindling supplies of Patriot interceptor missiles leaving Kyiv exposed to Russian ballistic attacks. That shortage was laid bare overnight after Russia launched wave after wave of cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as drones that struck civilian centers. Many have been killed, crushed under the weight of their own homes, dozens wounded, as well in residential areas. I am in one of the areas of one attack and as you can see behind me rescue crews are carrying out what has become an all-too-familiar routine of looking for survivors under the rubble. Moments ago, we saw a body being lowered down to the ground. The Air Force says that while many of the cruise missiles and drones were intercepted, all 29 ballistics reached their target. They’re saying that Russia is taking advantage of a Ukrainian vulnerability. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pressing on the United States and European allies to replenish stocks, saying that every moment of delay will only encourage Russia further to strike civilian centers. This attack comes ahead of the NATO summit in Turkey, and it also comes just days since an especially deadly Russian strike that was among the deadliest so far this year.”
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Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine early Monday, killing at least 18 people in an attack that exposed widening gaps in country’s air defenses, authorities said.
All of the ballistic missiles launched by Russia struck their targets, underscoring Kyiv’s need for more Patriot interceptor missiles — a point Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will likely reiterate at a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, this week.
Twelve people were killed in the capital, Kyiv, which was Russia’s main target, according to local officials.
Another six people were killed in the wider Kyiv region, said its head Mykola Kalashnyk.
At least 60 people were wounded, according to Zelenskyy, as emergency workers combed through rubble looking for survivors at residential high-rises in two locations that suffered direct hits in the capital.
Days earlier, on Thursday, a Russian strike killed 31 people in Kyiv, the deadliest for the capital this year.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said the bombardment was retaliation for Ukraine’s recent long-range strikes, which have caused severe fuel shortages and pressured President Vladimir Putin.
More than four years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor, Ukraine’s advances in drone technology have given it an edge in recent months, analysts and Western officials say.
Strikes on supply routes behind the front line have stripped the Russian army of momentum on the battlefield, they say, slowing its advance and driving up the cost.
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