The Ukrainian Air Force says a "serious shortage" of interceptor missiles meant none of the 23 ballistic missiles fired by Russia at Kyiv on Sunday night were shot down.
At least 12 people were killed in the second large-scale Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital in a week, Kyiv's top military administrator said. Three more were killed in the wider Kyiv region, emergency officials added.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed for allies to take "strong decisions" at the this week's Nato summit to provide Kyiv with air defences.
After the attack, he said the Ukrainian military had been successful in intercepting cruise missiles and drones – but not ballistic missiles.
Sunday's "massive Russian attack" consisted of 68 missiles and 351 strike drones, he said in a post on X. Kyiv's top military administrator, Timur Tkachenko, said 49 were people injured in the capital, with Zelenksy saying there were 16 injuries in the wider region.
Ukraine's Air Force said the attack was repelled by "aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine."
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