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Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Has Received Some Patriot Missiles but Needs More

Zelenskyy said the new deliveries are still too small as Ukraine seeks hundreds of Patriot interceptors to counter rising Russian missile strikes.

  • Russia launched a massive overnight aerial attack on Kyiv on August 20, killing 17 people and injuring more than 40 while damaging 30 residential buildings and a kindergarten.
  • Moscow's forces have intensified ballistic missile attacks in recent months, exploiting Ukraine's chronic shortage of Patriot air defense interceptors—the only weapon capable of shooting down high-speed projectiles.
  • Ukraine's air force reported Russia launched dozens of cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles alongside 168 drones, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to call the assault "cynical, calculated, and large-scale."
  • More than 38,000 people sheltered in Kyiv's subway stations overnight while unidentified drones crashed in Romania and Moldova, sparking concerns among NATO members about the war's expanding regional risks.
  • President Zelenskyy warned that Russia will not seriously negotiate peace unless Ukraine gains adequate missile defenses, as officials explore using Starlink-enabled drones to target launchers inside Russian territory.
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The spokesman-Review broke the news in Spokane, United States on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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