Zelensky: “Each additional missile saves the lives of our people” after Russian strikes kill 17

Russian strikes overnight killed 17 people and injured more than 40 in Kyiv and nearby areas, Ukrainian officials reported. Ukraine’s air force said Russia fired dozens of cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles along with 168 drones, and that most drones and cruise missiles were intercepted; whether any ballistic missiles were stopped was not disclosed. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote online that allies’ failure to resupply air-defense missiles was costing lives, that no replacements had been received, and that the supply gap meant the difference between life and death. He called the assault one of the war’s most cynical and deliberate. Ukrainian officials said homes, a school, a children’s hospital and a kindergarten were damaged. Russia said it targeted military-related sites. Zelensky has urged allies to provide Patriot interceptors; EU chief Ursula von der Leyen called such deliveries an urgent priority.