The European Union and the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ announced on Monday 24 August, the anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, that they were stepping up their support for Kyiv, which has been subjected to heavy Russian air strikes in recent weeks.
While 376 missile strikes were recorded in July alone, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that, whereas in 2023 his country had received 675 Patriot missiles, in 2025 it had received “only 364”. “For 2026, according to...