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Symbolic image: NATO pledges urgent air defences after Kyiv strike kills 17

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NATO pledges urgent air defences after Kyiv strike kills 17

8 sources

Russia's overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and its region on Wednesday killed 17 people; Ukrainian defences intercepted none of the ballistic missiles. NATO's secretary general now says he is working urgently to secure interceptors for Ukraine.

What happened

Russia fired 24 Iskander-M ballistic and four Zircon/Onyx missiles plus 115 drones; defences downed 98 drones.
Mayor Klitschko reported one dead and 26 injured in Kyiv; others died in Brovary, Bucha and Fastiv districts.
Ukrzaliznytsia said some of those killed had stood on a railway platform beside the targeted logistics centres.
A strike in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district caused an ammonia leak; warehouse fires burned across the region.
Epicentr, Novus, Denka and Rozetka hubs were hit; TASS calculates roughly 300,000 square metres destroyed.

The view from outside

The Guardian links the interceptor shortage to the US-Israel war on Iran, citing an AP estimate that US Patriot stocks have fallen by at least 65 percent. Serbia's Politika reported a fresh Ukrainian air force warning of ballistic threats from the northeast overnight into Thursday.

What could happen next

No interceptor deliveries have been reported since NATO's July summit in Ankara, where members pledged purchases under PURL.
US licensing of Ukrainian Patriot production remains unresolved after Trump called the technology hard to give away.
Zelensky expects Moscow to raise ballistic missile output before winter and resume strikes on energy infrastructure.
Lockheed Martin delivered over 600 of its newest interceptors in 2025, targeting 2,000 a year by 2030.

How the camps see it

Russia: The Defence Ministry says the strike hit transport, logistics and distribution centres delivering military cargo and facilities producing drones.
Ukraine: Kyiv says the main targets were civilian, including a brewery, construction-material warehouses and a railway station, and blames delayed interceptor deliveries for the deaths.

Also involved

European and NATO backers