As Patriot missiles run low, Ukraine scrambles for alternatives under Russian missile fire (opens in new tab)

Russia fired 34 ballistic missiles at Ukraine during the June 15 overnight attack that set part of Kyiv's historic Pechersk Lavra compound aflame. Kyiv's Patriot batteries shot down 15 of the 19 ballistic missiles fired at the capital, along with five out of six 3M22 "Zirkon" hypersonic cruise missiles, according to local monitors. The attack laid bare the problem now driving Ukraine's air defense scramble: Patriot remains the only proven Western-supplied system Kyiv has against Russian ballist