Russian attack kills 17 in Ukraine

The impact of ballistic missiles in Kyiv could be heard around the city in the small hours of Wednesday, as the explosions rattled windows and set off car alarms. The attack targeted a train station, infrastructure and warehouse facilities belonging to civilian businesses, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a social-media post.

Russia has stepped up its ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine’s cities in recent months, exploiting the country’s severe shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles that can shoot down ballistic missiles. Ukraine’s air defense forces said they were unable to intercept any of the 28 missiles launched by Russian in Wednesday’s attack.

Zelensky again urged Western countries to send more interceptors, and to implement tougher sanctions to curb Russia’s production of missiles.