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The large-scale Russian attack using ballistic missiles, highlights Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
At least 22 people were killed as Russia launched a wave of missiles and drones at Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, officials said, hours before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was set to plead for more firepower at NATO summit in Turkey.
Ukraine launched a new wave of drone attacks on Russia early Thursday, with the majority targeting Moscow. It amounted to one of the largest attacks on the Russian capital since the Kremlin ordered the invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian air defenses destroyed nearly 200 Ukrainian drones on approach to the capital — but acknowledged several had managed to hit the city’s main oil refinery for the second time this week.
Russia said air defences shot down 376 Ukrainian drones overnight as attacks intensify on both sides with no clear end in sight, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no point meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy for face-to-face talks.
Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that the drones were downed over 16 areas and regions, including St Petersburg, Crimea and over the Azov and Black seas.
Russia used a powerful hypersonic missile to carry out a massive attack Sunday in Kyiv, which killed at least two people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The Oreshnik ballistic missile used in the attack has nuclear capabilities, and its latest bombardment marked the third time Russia has used that weapon over the course of the four-year war.
The intense aerial assault, involving both drone and missile strikes, was among the largest since the war began in 2022. It left buildings damaged across the Ukrainian capital, including near government offices, residential buildings, a market and schools, Ukrainian authorities said. Harrowing images showed rescue workers trying to evacuate people from a residential building that was partially destroyed and set ablaze in the barrage.
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Ukraine has devastated Russia’s oil export capacity over the past week as its ground forces have stopped Russian advances in their tracks and reclaimed occupied territory.
According to one estimate, Ukraine has halved the Russian rate of advance in the past three months.