Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on July 6 that Ukraine has already signed contracts for additional Patriot missiles, with deliveries expected to begin next year. He called on partner nations to provide missiles from their current inventories now and replenish their own stockpiles once those future deliveries arrive.
“The simple solution for our partners is to temporarily allocate these missiles from their stockpiles,” Fedorov said. “This will save countless lives. Bureaucracy must not become a barrier to protecting human life.”
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Fedorov’s appeal came after another large-scale overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine. He said Ukrainian air defenses intercepted nearly all cruise missiles and more than 90% of attacking Shahed drones, but ballistic missiles again struck civilian areas.
According to Fedorov, Russia is increasingly relying on ballistic missiles to target residential neighborhoods as it struggles to achieve its military objectives on the battlefield.
He added that Russia is exploiting the global shortage of Patriot interceptors, claiming Moscow now launches more ballistic missiles at Ukraine in a month than the world produces Patriot missiles over the same period.
Fedorov said he would hold talks later on July 6 with defense ministers from countries that have Patriot interceptor missiles in storage, seeking urgent transfers while Ukraine waits for new deliveries scheduled for next year.
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“Our task is to provide Ukraine with additional Patriot missiles as quickly as possible. The protection of Ukraine’s airspace and the lives of our people depend on it.”
Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv early Monday, July 6, killing at least 14 people and injuring at least 60 others, including three children, as missiles struck residential buildings across the capital, Ukrainian officials said.
The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA), Timur Tkachenko, said emergency crews were responding to more than 20 impact sites across the city.
“The most difficult situation is in the Darnytskyi and Podilskyi districts, where the Russians directly hit residential high-rise buildings,” Tkachenko wrote on Telegram.
In the Podilskyi district, a residential building was partially destroyed between the seventh and ninth floors, leaving people trapped under the rubble. Another 21-story apartment building suffered structural damage between the third and fourth floors after being struck by debris.
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