HELP NEEDED: Kyiv called for more military aid to fight Russia and urged the US to swiftly follow through on its pledge to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot systems AFP, KYIV Russian strikes on Kyiv have wounded 11 people, with missiles hitting the city even before air raid alerts sounded, Ukraine said yesterday.Agence France-Presse journalists in Kyiv said they heard two series of explosions in the early hours, with an air alert siren sounding minutes after the first blast.Moscow has been firing missiles and drones at Kyiv almost daily since launching its invasion in February 2022, but a spate of deadly attacks using dozens of ultra-fast ballistic missiles has recently challenged Ukraine’s air defenses. Locals clean debris after a Russian missile attack on a residential area in Kyiv ye