At least 15 killed in Kyiv as Ukraine grapples with air defence shortages

At least 15 people have been killed in the latest Russian strikes targeting the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv’s mayor said, as Ukraine continues to face a shortage of air defence missiles.

Apartment blocks and warehouses were struck across the city overnight, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said, while a children’s hospital and school were also damaged.

The deaths were the result of a shortage of air defence missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, which Kyiv relies on western allies to supply.

Speaking to BBC News at a wrecked apartment block in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Ukraine needed “ammunition, anti-missile systems – we need support from our partners”.

Klitschko was in Solomianskyi district to assess the damage. Around him, emergency workers continued to sift through rubble and people stood outside their destroyed homes.

Among them was Valeria Bondaruk, who moved to Kyiv after her home in southern Ukraine was bombed, believing it would be safer for her and her daughter.

Now she has been driven from her home for the second time during this war.

Read more: BBC News