Ukraine-Russia War Live Updates: European Allies Step Up Push for F-16s
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 17, 2023
Shattering booms. Flashes. Falling debris. Residents of the Ukrainian capital said on Wednesday that the latest Russian missile barrage jolted them out of sleep and any complacency about the reality of the conflict.
Alarms across the capital sounded at 2:25 a.m. on Tuesday and just 30 minutes later Russian missiles streaked above Kyiv. Ukrainian air defense teams raced to track the incoming salvo and fired surface-to-air missiles to intercept it.
Millions of people in Kyiv have become accustomed to sometimes hearing explosions in the sky. But they had little chance to . . .
