During the night of Sunday, July 20 to Monday, July 21, Russia launched yet another massive attack against Ukraine: 426 drones and 24 missiles, including ballistic missiles. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and several other regions were targeted.
The toll: 15 injured, including a 12-year-old boy. Two people killed.
In Kyiv, a metro station where civilians were sheltering, a kindergarten, and residential buildings were hit.
That very morning, Jean-Noël Barrot, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, who had arrived in Kyiv as guest of honor for the Ambassadors’ Conference, visited the Loukianivska station, struck during the night.
The French delegation witnessed firsthand the destruction caused by a Russian missile targeting civilian infrastructure in the heart of the capital.
These strikes aim to terrorize, to kill, to break.
They strike at humanity.
They strike at Europe.
Ukraine needs more air defense. Now.
To intercept is to save lives.
To act is to stop the aggressor.