Ukraine warns of interceptor missile shortage as 21 killed in Kyiv region
Six more were killed in the wider Kyiv region.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed for allies to take "strong decisions" at the this week's Nato summit to provide Kyiv with air defences. After the strikes, he said the Ukrainian military had been successful in intercepting cruise missiles and drones – but not ballistic missiles.Sunday's "massive Russian attack" consisted of 68 missiles and 351 strike drones, he said in a post on X. Widespread destruction was visible on Monday morning.
- ▪Six more were killed in the wider Kyiv region.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed for allies to take "strong decisions" at the this week's Nato summit to provide Kyiv with air defences.
- ▪After the strikes, he said the Ukrainian military had been successful in intercepting cruise missiles and drones – but not ballistic missiles.Sunday's "massive Russian attack" consisted of 68 missiles and 351 strike drones, he said in a pos
- ▪Widespread destruction was visible on Monday morning.
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Ukraine warns of interceptor missile shortage as 18 killed in Kyiv region<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Explosions in Kyiv during deadly Russian overnight strikesBySarah Rainsford, Eastern Europe correspondent, Reporting fromKyiv and Harry SekulichPublished6 July 2026, 05:33 BSTUpdated 8 minutes agoThe Ukrainian Air Force says a "serious shortage" of interceptor missiles meant none of the 23 ballistic missiles fired by Russia at…
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