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Ukrainian firefighters are extinguishing fire that errupted after a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv Oblast on 22 August 2026. Source: The State Emergency Service

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Russia struck Kyiv and Boryspil, its main airport hub, twice in 24 hours with ballistics Ukraine can’t stop without US Patriots, days before Independence Day

Russia has struck Kyiv and its suburbs with ballistic missiles for a second consecutive day, killing civilians. Meanwhile,…

byOlena Mukhina

kyiv asking musk let strike inside russia its best line gone · post elon 2026 world economic forum / ciaran mccrickard wef ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Kyiv is asking Musk to let it strike inside Russia. Its best line to Musk is gone

Running low on Patriot interceptors, Kyiv wants to hunt the launchers up to 200 km inside Russia—but only Musk can switch the drones on.

byZoriana Katola

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Poland would rather the next Russian missile be downed over Ukraine than over its soil. It may send Kyiv more Patriots

A Russian missile that fell inside Poland in July has shifted Warsaw's thinking.

byMaria Tril

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 7 July 2026. Photo: Zelenskyy / Telegram

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5% of US Patriot stocks gets Ukraine through winter, 10% ends the ballistic threat — and Zelenskyy has just 1%, he tells CNN

Ukraine holds just 1% of the Patriot interceptors it needs to stop Russia's ballistic missiles, Zelenskyy told CNN. 5% gets it through winter.

byMaria Tril

A Patriot air defense launcher raised into firing position on a military trailer.

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With Ukraine short of Patriot interceptors, Russia sees no reason to enter real negotiations, ISW says

Kyiv's dwindling air defenses now face freshly built weapons fired straight off the assembly line, not pulled from stored reserves, military intelligence warns.

byMaria Tril

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Zelenskyy says US will send Patriot interceptors monthly – but not enough to protect from Russian attacks

Speaking in Belgrade, the president also said Kyiv is looking for extra missiles from Germany, Poland, Norway, the Netherlands and Israel.

byMaria Tril

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US has burned through 80% of THAAD interceptors, sources tell CNN

Patriot stockpiles, which arm Ukraine's air defense, are down by half

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine’s new ballistic missiles would make Russia choose: bomb Kyiv or defend Moscow

Russia uses its S-400 air defense missiles in a surface strike mode. Once Ukrainian ballistic missiles start raining down, this may no longer be an option.

byDavid Axe

Patriot anti-aircraft missile system launchers

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Zelenskyy names one of the worst consequences of Russia’s war. This threat is about to grow everywhere in the world

Ukraine needs 100 systems under its FREYJA anti-ballistic project to close its skies, President Zelenskyy says, pitching it as a future shared shield for Europe.

byOlena Mukhina

most any month year russia fired 126 ballistic missiles ukraine · post daily number russia's iskander-m missile launches over roughly past russian_ballistic_missile_attacks_infographic_en (1) news ukrainian reports

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The most in any month this year: Russia fired 126 ballistic missiles at Ukraine in July

The count of Iskander-M, North Korean, and repurposed air-defense missiles topped every month since January, a monitoring channel tracking the launches found.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting with American defense company Lockheed Martin representatives on 28 July 2026, in Washington D.C. Source: President's Office

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Russia increases ballistic missile strikes: Zelenskyy meets second Patriot interceptor maker within week in Washington to push back

On a Washington visit for Lindsey Graham's funeral, Zelenskyy met Lockheed Martin on joint weapons production and Trump at the White House, as the Senate moved a Russia sanctions bill renamed for Graham.

byOlena Mukhina

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NATO’s former deputy commander: Ankara papered over the cracks between Europe and America

Sir Richard Shirreff held NATO's second-highest military post. He now advises Ukraine's commander-in-chief—and says the summit that pledged Kyiv €140 billion produced no strategy.

byAlya Shandra

ukraine's patriot systems starvation ration air force spox says · post defense system's launcher 210519-a-so154-750_-_patriot_missile_system_operates_in_croatia ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Ukraine can build Patriots or keep hitting Russia’s refineries—not both, defense scholar says

Marc DeVore asked two expert groups he chairs, both advising the UK defense ministry, whether Ukraine could build Patriots within a year. Both said no.

byAlya Shandra

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Japan builds the missiles Ukraine needs most—its own rules forbid the handoff

The day after Trump promised a production license, Zelenskyy named the production partner he wants. The problem: Japan still doesn't sell weapons to countries at war.

byTaisiia Vivdych

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Three F-16s and a Patriot battery teamed up to kill Russia’s best fighter

The two systems each have a weakness against Russian jets. Working together—one seeing, the other shooting—they cancelled both out.

byDavid Axe

A Patriot air-defense system launches an interceptor, with an inset portrait of defense scholar Marc DeVore — illustrating Ukraine's interceptor shortage.

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Interview

Defense expert: Ukraine’s interceptor shortage has no quick fix

Only a handful of countries can build ballistic-missile interceptors, and all are short. Defense expert Marc DeVore explains why money can't fix Ukraine's interceptor shortage fast — and where the real leverage lies.

byDaniel Thomas

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Military tech

Russia more than doubles production of converted SAMs to make ballistic missile strikes even harder to defend

Missiles add few qualitative improvements but do add mass to Russia's terror attacks

byIgor Kossov

Remains of Russian missile Iskander-M, found in a forest in Sumy Oblast. Photo via National Police of Ukraine.

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Russia’s monthly ballistic-missile production now exceeds Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 production. And it takes 2-3 interceptors to stop one Iskander, says expert

Russia builds 70 ballistic missiles a month. Lockheed Martin builds 56 PAC-3 interceptors.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukraine assembles a European coalition to stop Russian ballistic missiles

The plan is to produce interceptors on the continent rather than depend on a shrinking supply of US Patriot missiles.

byYuri Zoria

Patriot PAC-3 surface-to-air missile system.

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Poland gets preliminary US approval to produce Russia’s Iskander killers — while Ukraine burns through 60 per month on “starvation ration”

About 600 PAC-3 MSE interceptors leave US factories each year.

byOlena Mukhina

Patriot

Russia struck Kyiv and Boryspil, its main airport hub, twice in 24 hours with ballistics Ukraine can’t stop without US Patriots, days before Independence Day

Kyiv is asking Musk to let it strike inside Russia. Its best line to Musk is gone

Poland would rather the next Russian missile be downed over Ukraine than over its soil. It may send Kyiv more Patriots

5% of US Patriot stocks gets Ukraine through winter, 10% ends the ballistic threat — and Zelenskyy has just 1%, he tells CNN

With Ukraine short of Patriot interceptors, Russia sees no reason to enter real negotiations, ISW says

Zelenskyy says US will send Patriot interceptors monthly – but not enough to protect from Russian attacks

US has burned through 80% of THAAD interceptors, sources tell CNN

Ukraine’s new ballistic missiles would make Russia choose: bomb Kyiv or defend Moscow

Zelenskyy names one of the worst consequences of Russia’s war. This threat is about to grow everywhere in the world

The most in any month this year: Russia fired 126 ballistic missiles at Ukraine in July

Russia increases ballistic missile strikes: Zelenskyy meets second Patriot interceptor maker within week in Washington to push back

NATO’s former deputy commander: Ankara papered over the cracks between Europe and America

Ukraine can build Patriots or keep hitting Russia’s refineries—not both, defense scholar says

Japan builds the missiles Ukraine needs most—its own rules forbid the handoff

Three F-16s and a Patriot battery teamed up to kill Russia’s best fighter

Defense expert: Ukraine’s interceptor shortage has no quick fix

Russia more than doubles production of converted SAMs to make ballistic missile strikes even harder to defend

Russia’s monthly ballistic-missile production now exceeds Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 production. And it takes 2-3 interceptors to stop one Iskander, says expert

Ukraine assembles a European coalition to stop Russian ballistic missiles

Poland gets preliminary US approval to produce Russia’s Iskander killers — while Ukraine burns through 60 per month on “starvation ration”

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