At least 12 killed in Kyiv as Ukraine grapples with air defence shortages
Apartment blocks and warehouses were targeted in the "massive attack" on Thursday, officials say.
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"as long as Ukraine does not have enough anti-ballistics, Russia will not seriously think about peace"
— Volodymyr Zelensky , Politician
"Ukraine is absolutely unprotected from ballistic missile attacks and can't do anything without interceptors."
— Oleksiy Goncharenko , Politician
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Apartment blocks and warehouses were targeted in the "massive attack" on Thursday, officials say.
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