Ukraine fails to shoot down a single missile as Russian attack rocks Kyiv

AFP5 Aug, 2026 07:05 PM3 mins to readUkrainians walk past a heavily damaged shopping centre after Russian strikes in the Lukianivska district of Kyiv. Photo / AFPUkrainians walk past a heavily damaged shopping centre after Russian strikes in the Lukianivska district of Kyiv. Photo / AFPRussian missile and drone strikes killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens more in Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight.Kyiv was unable to shoot down any of the missiles launched by Russia, whose intensifying attacks have prompted Kyiv to plead for more US-made Patriot interceptors.

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Ukraine fails to shoot down a single missile as Russian attack rocks Kyiv

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