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Amid Intensifying Russian Strikes, Ukraine’s Pleas for Air Defenses Are Falling Flat

Western allies are more hesitant to give up interceptor missiles they may need for their own defense as war rages on multiple fronts.

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The aftermath of a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
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Russian Strike Destroyed Millions of H.I.V. Prevention Supplies in Ukraine

No medications were affected, but if new prevention items are not procured, aid groups fear a surge in new infections next year.

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A building damaged in a Russian missile attack in the region around Kyiv, Ukraine, last month.
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Russian Missiles Kill 9 in Kyiv After Trump Backs Off Air-Defense Pledge

Ukraine’s supply of Patriot missile interceptors is dwindling, and on Friday, President Trump backed away from his promise to let Ukraine make them itself.

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Rescuers working on Saturday outside a residential building damaged in a strike on Kyiv, Ukraine.
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NATO Says Russian Missile Hit Poland During Ukraine Attack

Russian missiles have briefly entered Polish airspace in the past. Investigators have yet to definitively identify the object that struck overnight.

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Emergency services on Thursday at the site where an object landed near Lublin, Poland.
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Russia Strikes Ukraine With Missiles and Drones, Killing at Least 8

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said five members of a family had been killed in the latest large-scale aerial assault by Moscow.

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In Lviv, western Ukraine, on Thursday morning, at the site of a Russian missile strike. The overnight attack pushed Russia’s use of ballistic missiles to a new monthly record.
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Ukraine’s Strike on an Iranian Ship Could Bring Two Wars Closer

The attack in the Caspian Sea was an unusually direct encounter between two countries that have been on opposite sides for years.

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The southern coast of the Caspian Sea at the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, last year.
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