Another mass missile and drone barrage struck Kyiv overnight, killing at least 17 people and once again exposing Ukraine's growing shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles. President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that stocks of air-defense missiles have fallen to roughly a third of last year's levels, while Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal cautioned that Russia's next target may be Ukraine's water infrastructure rather than just the power grid. "It is difficult to survive more than three days without water and sewage," he told Politico.
Meanwhile, Ukraine continues trying to raise the cost of the war for Moscow. Fresh drone strikes forced another major Wildberries logistics hub in Russia to suspend operations, making it the eighth of the retailer's 15 largest warehouses knocked offline in recent attacks. Kyiv's campaign is increasingly targeting Russia's logistics and industrial backbone rather than purely military facilities.
Elsewhere, Czechia became the first EU country to begin enforcing new rules denying temporary protection to newly arriving Ukrainian men of military age who cannot prove they have fulfilled their military obligations. Germany also investigated a suspected sabotage attempt involving a drone discovered near a Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft, while intelligence officials warned North Korea could soon deploy a missile unit to Russia.
As Ukraine braces for another difficult winter, officials are increasingly warning that the coming months may be defined as much by infrastructure resilience as by events on the battlefield.
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