Why Russia’s ballistic missiles are increasingly getting through Ukrainian defences

When Russia fires a ballistic missile at Ukraine, air-defence systems have only minutes — sometimes seconds — to detect and intercept the deadly threat.

Unlike cruise missiles, which behave like pilotless planes, ballistic missiles are launched like rockets and then dive steeply toward their targets at several times the speed of sound.

When Russia fires a ballistic missile at Ukraine, air-defense systems have only minutes or seconds to detect and intercept the deadly threat

Ukrainian officials say at least 12 people were killed and dozens injured after Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv.

Russian ballistic missile strikes killed at least three and injured 20 more ​in Kyiv early on Thursday, according to Mayor Vitali ​Klitschko, damaging apartments, non-residential buildings, warehouses and a children's hospital and leaving parts of the Ukrainian capital without ​power.

Ukrainian capital Kyiv under attack by Russian ballistic missiles, mayor says  Reuters