Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage in deadly attack on Kyiv - The Latest

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2026-08-05

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At least 17 people were killed and more than 40 injured in another round of deadly Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for more air defence weapons, saying ballistic missile interceptors ‘could have saved the lives of those killed today’. For months, Ukraine has been warning about shortages after Donald Trump backtracked on his promise to let Ukraine manufacture missiles locally. In response to the attack, the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen said ‘Russia must pay’ – but will it? Lucy Hough talks to the Guardian’s Russia affairs correspondent, Pjotr Sauer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • Kiev is really running low on air defences.

  • This money is key and Ukraine needs it.

  • A lot of those funds don't just go into the military.

  • They go into allowing the country to just exist.

  • Russia knows that Ukraine is struggling with air defences,

  • so it wants to use this opportunity to just plummet Ukraine as much as possible.

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  • Russian strikes in Kyiv overnight have killed at least 17 people

  • in some of the most major and deadly attacks on the Ukrainian capital.