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KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Ukrainian air defenses intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in a raft of overnight attacks, Ukraine\u2019s air force said Tuesday, though other missiles and drones got through and hit the capital Kyiv.<\/p>\n

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It was the first time in almost two weeks that Ukraine claimed to have downed Russian ballistic missiles, which are harder to stop than drones or cruise missiles.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian air defenses likely used the U.S.-made Patriot surface-to-air guided missile system, which is the most effective way of countering ballistic missiles, but ammunition for it has been in short supply amid the Iran war.<\/p>\n

In Kyiv, the attack caused fires at two warehouses, while a school was also damaged, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.<\/p>\n

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the attack targeted military manufacturing facilities in the Ukrainian capital that produce long-range missiles and drones.<\/p>\n

Moscow wants to choke off Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities deep inside Russia that have caused critical fuel shortages, frustrating the public and, Western analysts say, hindering the Russian army\u2019s advance on the front line inside Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s air force said one ballistic missile and 25 drones struck 17 locations, while falling debris was reported in 10 locations.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine urgently needs to improve its air defense shield as another winter looms. Much of the country is at the mercy of Russian missiles that, since Moscow\u2019s February 2022 invasion of its neighbor, have hammered the power grid.<\/p>\n

In an important step forward for Kyiv\u2019s air defense effort, nine other countries joined Ukraine in a coalition announced Monday to build a shared ballistic missile shield for Europe.<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine and its partners could, within the next 12 months, jointly develop a mass-produced, low-cost system.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy was still in Paris on Tuesday where he attended France\u2019s annual Bastille Day celebrations.<\/p>\n

President Trump said at the NATO summit last week that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot systems itself. However, Patriots are expensive, in high demand and take a long time to produce, so it will be at least a few years before any Ukrainian-made systems are ready to deploy.<\/p>\n

Ukraine keeps its sights on Russian oil production<\/h3>\n

Ukraine, meanwhile, kept up its long-range onslaught on Russian targets, especially oil facilities.<\/p>\n

In the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, the attack caused a fire at the Afipsky Oil Refinery that was later put out, local authorities said.<\/p>\n

Unconfirmed media reports said an oil refinery in the city of Salavat in the Bashkortostan region, some 1,400 kilometers (900 miles) from the Ukrainian border, was also hit by the attack. Bashkortostan head Radiy Khabirov confirmed an attack on an industrial area in Salavat, but didn\u2019t specify what was hit.<\/p>\n

The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defenses overnight intercepted 288 Ukrainian drones over multiple Russian regions, as well as the illegally annexed Crimea peninsula and the Azov and Black seas.<\/p>\n

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