Cyprus Mail1 Aug 2026

Russia pounds Kyiv, kills ten as Ukraine appeals for Patriot interceptors

Russia pounded Kyiv and the region in a heavy ballistic missile attack early on Saturday, killing ten people, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that Ukraine had run out of interceptor missiles for its US Patriot air defence systems.

Zelenskiy said that Russia launched 35 missiles at Ukraine, including 27 ballistic missiles, and also 185 drones. Only one ballistic missile was intercepted, “simply because there are no interceptors for the Patriot system”, he said....

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