# Deadly Kyiv strikes expose Ukraine’s growing air-defense shortage

https://mins.news/en/video/27709

- DW News, 2026-08-20 20:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzTQgf7TkQk

> Ukraine’s dwindling air defenses and intensified Russian missile attacks are driving more Kyiv residents to spend nights in metro stations for safety. In the heavily targeted Lukianivska district, market traders keep working despite the danger, while families with damaged homes shelter underground, underscoring the war’s daily toll on civilians and children.

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