In the third year of a war that has tested the limits of national endurance, Ukraine now faces a convergence of crises that strikes at the foundation of its defense: the weapons that shield its cities are running out, and the money to replace them has vanished into a $27 billion void. Russia's relentless aerial campaign — drones and missiles arriving in waves, day after day — is consuming interceptors faster than allies can supply them, forcing commanders to make the most terrible of calculations: which hospitals, which power plants, which lives to leave undefended. What unfolds in the coming
Ukraine faces critical shortfall in air defense and $27B budget gap
Ongoing Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure and civilian areas continue amid these shortfalls, with casualties and displacement ongoing.