Nine dead as Russia and Ukraine trade drone and missile salvos
Nine dead as Russia and Ukraine trade drone and missile salvos Ukraine is particularly vulnerable to Russian ballistic missiles due to a critical shortage...
Key points
- Nine dead as Russia and Ukraine trade drone and missile salvos Ukraine is particularly vulnerable to Russian ballistic missiles due to a critical shortage of Patriot munitions.
- Russian drones and missiles killed four people in Ukraine overnight, while Ukrainian attacks on Russia and Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine killed five.
- Three people were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, including two at an “industrial enterprise” in the city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said on Sunday.
- Russia has escalated attacks in recent weeks, taking advantage of Ukraine’s critical shortage of munitions for its Patriot air defence system, which has rendered it largely unable to intercept ballistic missiles flying at several times the speed of sound.
What happened
Nine dead as Russia and Ukraine trade drone and missile salvos Ukraine is particularly vulnerable to Russian ballistic missiles due to a critical shortage of Patriot munitions. Russian drones and missiles killed four people in Ukraine overnight, while Ukrainian attacks on Russia and Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine killed five. Three people were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, including two at an “industrial enterprise” in the city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said on Sunday. Russia has escalated attacks in recent weeks, taking advantage of Ukraine’s critical shortage of munitions for its Patriot air defence system, which has rendered it largely unable to intercept ballistic missiles flying at several times the speed of sound. Enerhodar, home to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, fell to Russian forces within weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. A long-range Ukrainian drone strike also killed a man in Russia’s Samara region, officials said.