Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday urged NATO allies to provide additional Patriot interceptor missiles following a massive Russian attack against Kyiv that killed at least 23 people and injured more than 100 others.

“Our warriors performed well today in intercepting drones and cruise missiles, but unfortunately not Russian ballistic missiles,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “And the reason lies in the insufficient supply of interceptor missiles.

“It is critically important that the world – first and foremost the United States and our European partners – come out of the NATO Summit in Ankara with strong decisions in support of our air defense, and thus the protection of ordinary people’s lives.

“As long as Patriot missiles remain in our allies’ stockpiles, Russia is only encouraged to keep ‘vanquishing’ residential buildings. The United States and Europe have enough strength to stop this terror.”

Russia launched waves of missiles and drones against Kyiv overnight Monday, just hours after Zelenskyy warned of yet another large-scale attack targeting the capital.

Authorities told the Kyiv Independent that at least 16 people were killed and more than 90 others were injured in Kyiv, including six children. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service added that search-and-rescue operations were ongoing as of 9:29 p.m. local time at two apartment buildings damaged by the attack in Kyiv’s Podil and Darnytsia districts.

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