Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills at least 15
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- Russia fired 24 ballistic missiles, four hypersonic Zircons or supersonic Oniks missiles, and 115 jet-powered drones at the Kyiv region overnight, killing 17 and wounding 44 according to President Zelenskyy
- Zelenskyy said the strikes hit warehouses, a railway station, a brewing company, building materials warehouses, and civilian logistics facilities with "no connection to the war," and that delays supplying Patriot anti-ballistic interceptors "lead directly to such horrific casualties"
- Epicentr, one of Ukraine's largest retail and construction chains, lost two key logistics hubs and its ceramic tile factory production floor to a direct hit, killing one employee and forcing manufacturing to shift abroad with full recovery expected to take up to two years
- Ukraine's Patriot stockpile is limited — the U.S.-made system is the sole air defense capable of shooting down ballistic missiles — making large Russian volleys "hard to stop" even as Ukraine accelerates deep strikes on Russian oil refineries
- Multiple warehouse fires burned across Brovary, Bucha, and Fastiv districts, including in the villages of Velyka Dymerka, Kvitneve, and Peremoha, with the Kyiv City Military Administration reporting all fires in the capital extinguished
- Ukraine has run its own counter-campaign against Russian retail logistics, striking multiple Wildberries warehouses — often called Russia's answer to Amazon — to damage Moscow's economy and confront Russians with the war's costs
Why it matters: Russia's ability to launch overwhelming volleys of ballistic missiles and drones that Ukraine's limited Patriot stockpile cannot fully intercept leaves civilian infrastructure exposed — and the destruction of Epicentr's ceramic tile factory, forcing production abroad for up to two years, shows the attacks are aimed at hollowing out Ukraine's domestic industrial base, not just causing casualties.
