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Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 24 ballistic missiles, four anti-ship missiles and 115 drones at Kyiv on August 5. While 98 of the drones were shot down, none of the missiles were intercepted. Three days later, six more Russian ballistic missiles hit targets in Kyiv, killing three people, according to Ukrainian officials.

The shortage has become so acute that Ukraine’s air force has stopped routinely disclosing the number of missiles Russia fires, in order to avoid revealing how many it fails to intercept, Ukrainian officials told the FT. They said the change was made for security reasons, but also partly to preserve public morale.