Kyiv Receives Limited Shipment Of Intercepters Launches Their Own Attacks

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Ukraine-Russia Ukraine’s air war has intensified sharply over the past several days, with Russia combining sustained drone pressure with concentrated ballistic and hypersonic missile attacks. Around 1,500 Russian drones were launched over four days, including approximately 800 faster jet-powered variants, while Kyiv endured six consecutive days of air raids. The campaign appears designed to exhaust Ukraine’s air defences, disrupt logistics and maintain constant pressure on the population. And what’s most interesting is the rate of the attacks have been gradually spreading out with some areas under almost-constant 80hours air raid siren. In the past, attacks had been concentrated in large groupings, but as of the last few days we were seeing smaller strikes roughly every two hours.

Russia then went back to its original strategy, with the latest combined strike reportedly including approximately 22 Iskander-M or modified S-400 ballistic missiles, six Kalibr cruise missiles, four Zircon hypersonic missiles and two Kh-31PD anti-radiation missiles. AMK Mapping confirmed a minimum of two ballistic missiles and three Kalibrs intercepted, although Ukraine claimed five interceptions in each category. The renewed success against ballistic missiles strongly suggests that a limited Patriot PAC-3 replenishment recently arrived. It does not, however, reveal how many interceptors remain.

Russia also expanded the target set southward. Odessa, Chornomorsk and associated port infrastructure were attacked with Geran drones, Banderol cruise missiles and anti-radiation weapons. The Orlivka ferry crossing on the Danube, connecting Ukraine with Romania, was struck and temporarily suspended operations. This was a significant attack on Odesa’s maritime and cross-border logistics, although Kyiv and surrounding military-industrial facilities remained the primary targets. The Odessa strike could have been a change of target due to the new replenishment, as the port city sustained one of its largest strikes since the war began.

And of course, Ukraine returned the favour. Ukraine simultaneously continued its deep-strike campaign inside Russia, with drones reaching Moscow, Samara and Leningrad Oblast, where repeated impacts caused a large fire at the strategic Ust-Luga port. Russian authorities claimed more than 50 drones were intercepted over Leningrad Oblast, but the damage confirms that several penetrated the defences.