After deadly Kyiv strike, Ukraine warns interceptor shortage is costing lives - BBC

A massive overnight Russian attack on the Kyiv region killed 21 people and injured dozens, with eight of the dead at the Kvitneva railway station, where workers removed body bags from the damaged platform.
Moscow launched 115 drones and 24 ballistic missiles; while most drones were shot down, Ukraine's depleted air defences failed to intercept a single missile, striking warehouses, a postal sorting centre and logistics facilities.
The barrage began just after midnight with little warning and was among the most intense assaults Kyiv has endured in recent months, with one warehouse still ablaze more than 12 hours later.
Local resident Anastasiia Dudley, whose three-storey house lost its roof and top floor to a drone strike, described it as her "scariest night" since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022, though she and her mother survived.
Ukraine has depended on US-supplied Patriot interceptor missiles to counter Russian ballistic strikes, but Washington has drawn down its stockpiles during the conflict with Iran and is reluctant to provide more.
After initially offering Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriots in early July, President Donald Trump last week denied agreeing to share the technology, while President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the interceptor shortage costs lives and encourages further Russian attacks.