# How Russia’s S-400s have caught Kyiv off guard

https://mins.news/en/video/23017

- DW News, 2026-08-15 13:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYui48eZ16E

> Russia is exploiting Ukraine’s dwindling air defenses to strike its cities, including Kyiv. Alongside conventional long-range missiles, Moscow is repurposing cheaper S-400 surface-to-air missiles for low-level attacks that terrorize civilians, while shortages of Patriot interceptors leave some strikes unchallenged.

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