# Is the Ukraine war entering a new phase of aggression? | BBC Newscast

https://mins.news/en/video/16544

- BBC News, 2026-08-07 21:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJzBfZzAx_c

> A week of deadly strikes on factories and infrastructure raises questions about whether the war in Ukraine is entering a new phase of aggression. Twenty-one people were killed overnight in Kyiv, prompting President Zelensky to appeal for more ballistic-missile interceptors. Moscow launched 115 drones and 24 ballistic missiles. Ukrainian forces brought down most of the drones, but their depleted air defences intercepted none of the missiles. Ukrainian drones have also targeted oil refineries and factories in Moscow.

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