Russia Fires 100-Plus Ballistic Missiles at Kyiv in Two Weeks, Zelensky Says

Volodymyr Zelensky put a number on the barrage: more than 100 Russian ballistic missiles fired at Kyiv and the Kyiv region in roughly two weeks, starting October 14. In a video address reported by Ukrinform, the president called the job of shielding Ukraine's energy sector, infrastructure and logistics an extremely difficult one.

The damage is stacking up in the capital. A recent strike wrecked a university campus, residential buildings, a metro station and metro lines, and Russian forces also hit the Southern Bridge, one of Kyiv's key logistical arteries, according to Zelensky.

The sticking point is air defense. Ukraine doesn't have the missiles it needs for its Patriot systems, and deliveries of aid keep slipping, the president said. He thanked partners who show up on time, but made clear the lag is making it harder to knock down incoming ballistic threats.

Zelensky argued the war would look different if support stayed as strong as it once was, particularly on Patriots and other air defense systems. In his telling, Ukraine would be in a far better spot — diplomatically included.

The strikes aren't confined to the capital. Zelensky listed Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy and Kherson as targets too, and said it matters that the world sees it — especially the United States, which he said almost everything on Patriots depends on. He's pressing for answers and the needed Pentagon authorizations for Patriot supplies.

Kyiv is also chasing fresh support packages to protect the energy system, infrastructure and logistics. Ukrinform reported that on October 27 Zelensky said Russia's targets are energy facilities, logistics and ordinary city infrastructure, and a day earlier he said Ukraine had waited nearly a month for U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to sign off on missile supplies for Patriot and NASAMS systems.