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Iran has replaced its damaged air defenses from last month's conflict with Israel using domestic resources and pre-stored systems, after Israeli airstrikes damaged some of its defenses during the June conflict, which saw Israel dominate Iran's airspace.
Iran reportedly fired air defences at a suspected missile strike from Israel, according to state media. The incident comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries in the Middle East.
Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, has been hit by missiles and drones repeatedly over the past few weeks, with most of the attacks occurring at night. Experts believe that Russia is changing its tactics to wear down Ukraine's air defences and is lashing out at Ukraine's civilian population in response to setbacks in the war. In January, there were only three days when Russia launched aerial attacks on targets in Ukraine, but in May, that figure increased to 21 days. Russia has increasingly focused its strikes on Kyiv, with 17 out of 21 reported Russian attacks on Ukraine in May targeting the capital.
Russian forces launched a daytime missile attack on Kyiv, using short-range Iskander ballistic missiles, after a series of night-time attacks involving Iranian-made Shahed drones and cruise missiles. The Ukrainian military intercepted all the ballistic missiles fired at the city, but one person was injured. The attack appears to be an effort to exhaust Ukraine's air defences. Ukrainian officials have flagged concerns that their anti-aircraft defences from the Soviet era were running out of ammunition and that western systems such as the US Patriot were not arriving in sufficient quantities to fill the gap.
Syrian army air defences intercepted an Israeli missile strike on the outskirts of Damascus, with no casualties reported. Israel has not commented on the incident, but has previously carried out attacks on what it describes as Iran-linked targets in Syria. Iran's influence in Syria has grown since it began supporting President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that started in 2011.
Russia has launched a new massive overnight drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, killing at least one person and injuring a woman. Kyiv's mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said air defences had shot down more than 20 drones heading towards Kyiv - but a "new drone wave" was approaching. Russia has recently stepped up its attacks on Kyiv, seeking to overwhelm the capital's defences. Ukraine has been planning a counter-offensive for months, and one of its most senior security officials has said the country is ready to retake territory from President Vladimir Putin's occupying forces.
Russia has launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, killing 16 as Moscow tested the strength of the country’s air defences in intensified fighting, including eight people after hitting a supermarket in the southern city of Kherson. The strikes early on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks over the last week, come after leaked Pentagon documents suggested Ukraine would run out of missiles for its S-300 primary air defence system on Tuesday unless Kyiv could urgently find replacements.
Air raid sirens have sounded in Kyiv and throughout Ukraine, with some reports that Russia has launched a wave of missiles. The armed forces have urged Ukrainians to go to shelters and warned that Kyiv was under “threat of a missile strike”. Pope Francis has said that the Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has warned that an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive could turn into a “tragedy” for Russia.
Ukraine's air defences could run out of missiles and ammunition within weeks, according to leaked Pentagon documents. The documents, which date from February, suggest that Ukraine's Soviet-era S-300 air defence systems would be depleted by 2 May at the current usage rate. The authenticity of the documents has not been verified. The leak may have come from a US source, according to some US officials. The documents cover a range of topics, including the war in Ukraine, China, the Middle East and Africa.