# 'Hunting their launch sites': Zelensky reveals new details about Ukraine's ballistic missile defense

https://mins.news/en/item/29735

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-23 11:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/we-are-hunting-their-launch-sites-zelensky-reveals-new-details-about-ukraines-ballistic-missile-defense/

> President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has begun a new operation to locate and strike Russian ballistic missile launchers near its borders. He said Ukrainian forces hit an Iskander launcher on Aug. 22, as Kyiv faces a severe shortage of interceptors and seeks additional Patriot missiles while advancing the European-Ukrainian Freyja project.

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