Russian ballistic missile strikes kill one in Ukraine

Several explosions could be heard in Ukraine's capital Kyiv early this morning as authorities warned of incoming ballistic missiles.

Aug 16 - Russian forces launched a missile attack on Kyiv early on Sunday, sparking fires in at least two districts of Ukraine's capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Russian missile attack on Kyiv sparks fires, injures one, Ukraine officials say  Reuters

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Saturday that his country struck the Progress Rocket Space Center deep within Russia using ground-launched cruise missiles. “In Russia’s Samara region, one of the key enterprises within Roscosmos—the Progress Center, which was involved, among other things, in electro

Italian and Turkish fighter jets were scrambled to respond to a drone violation in Latvia’s airspace on Friday

Russian attacks kill infant, injure 49 across Ukraine over past day  The Kyiv Independent

The US claims it destroyed Iran’s missile capability, but a former White House adviser calls that a “pipe dream".

Ukraine is reinforcing the Sloviansk and Kostiantynivka directions as Zelensky sets a 30,000-troop August attrition target.

Kyiv wants tighter controls to keep foreign silicon out of Moscow's weapons

The overnight exchange also left a woman and child dead in Sumy Oblast and prompted NATO jets to down a stray drone over Latvia, as neither Moscow nor Kyiv has responded to the claims.

On the evening of August 13, Russian forces launched several aerial bomb strikes on the city of Kramatorsk and the village of Bilenke in the Donetsk region, Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

Zelensky urged the US to sell Ukraine 5-10% of its Patriot interceptor stockpile to counter Russian ballistic missile attacksUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to sell Ukraine more Patriot interceptor missiles, saying even 5% of the US stockpile would help Kyiv survive the winter, while

Kyiv —  Ukraine has only a tenth of the interceptor missiles it urgently needs from the United States to stop surging Russian ballistic missile attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an interview, adding his days are spent in “millions” of phone calls, in opaque deal-making with allies for more. Ru