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Ukraine failed to shoot down any Russian missiles in overnight strikes

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 391 words · By Sasha Vakulina
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday called for allies to send more anti-ballistic air defence, after Russian strikes killed at least 17 people overnight.

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What happened

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday called for allies to send more anti-ballistic air defence, after Russian strikes killed at least 17 people overnight.

Why it matters

Ukraine was unable to shoot down a single Russian missile during an overnight attack that left at least 17 people dead in Kyiv and the surrounding region, according to a daily air force report published on Wednesday.

Common ground

The Russian army sent 115 drones and fired 28 high-speed missiles, including ballistic ones, the air force said, at a time officials have lamented a drastic shortage of anti-ballistic munitions.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ukraine was unable to shoot down a single Russian missile during an overnight attack”
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Multiple reports cite the Ukrainian Air Force stating that not a single Russian missile was intercepted during the attack.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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Claim 2: “Key facilities belonging to Epicentre, the county’s leader in the DIY segment, ROZETKA, the largest online retailer and e-commerce marketplace and Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s largest private postal and courier company have been destroyed”
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Multiple sources confirm that facilities belonging to Epicentre, Rozetka (specifically the main warehouse in Brovary), and Nova Poshta (sorting center in Kyiv) were destroyed.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia strikes Ukrainian business: Epicenter, Rozetka, and Nova Poshta among victims.It is also reported that the main warehouse of the online retailer Rozetka was destroyed in Brovary as a result of …
https://prm.ua/en/russia-strikes-ukrainian-business-epicente…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian forces had targeted similar facilities before, but attacks on Ukrainian retail logistics have intensified markedly since the strikes on Wildberries. According to Ukrainian officials, Rozetka’s…
https://sfg.media/en/a/russia-strike-kyiv-logistics-rozetka-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Photos show that the facility belongs to Rozetka. Reports also emerged online about a strike on a Nova Poshta facility in Kyiv's Obolon district. The company later confirmed that its sorting center in…
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-s-biggest-retailers-…
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Claim 3: “The highest number of casualties from the night-time attack by Russian forces in the Kyiv region was recorded near the Kvitneva railway station in the Brovary district”
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Reports confirm that the Kvitneva railway station in the Brovary district of the Kyiv region suffered significant casualties.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mauna Kea (4,207 m (13,802 ft) above sea level) is the world 's tallest mountain and volcano, rising about 10,203 m (33,474 ft) from the Pacific Ocean floor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains_on_E…
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web search NEUTRAL — The summit of Mount Elbert is the highest point of the U.S. State of Colorado, the Rocky Mountains of North America, and the entire Mississippi River drainage basin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_highest_major_summ…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Synonyms for HIGHEST: higher, top, upper, first, loftiest, topmost, uppermost, upmost; Antonyms of HIGHEST: lowest, lower, lowermost, under, underneath, below, bottommost, low
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Claim 4: “Supermarket chain Silpo said six of its employees were killed when fires broke out at two distribution centres”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Silpo employees being killed at distribution centers.
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Claim 5: “In a separate air strike on Tuesday, Russian forces destroyed a warehouse complex where products belonging to Ukrainian ice cream manufacturer Lasunka were being stored”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 6: “the main target of the attack was the warehouses of civilian enterprises, there were also strikes on infrastructure, a railway station”
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Both President Zelenskyy and reports from Ukrzaliznytsia confirm that the primary targets were civilian logistics warehouses and a railway station.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the primary target of the Russian strike was civilian logistics warehouses. Ukrzaliznytsia reported that the victims were found on the railway platform near…
https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/132318f5_russian_ballistic_attac…
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web search NEUTRAL — The main targets of the attack were warehouse facilities belonging to civilian businesses, Zelenskyy said Wednesday, alongside strikes on infrastructure and a railway station. “Ballistic missile inter…
https://thegbm.com/russian-attack-kills-at-least-17-in-kyiv-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian authorities said the attack killed 13 people, including a child, and injured dozens more. The conflicting reports regarding the number injured range from 39 to 75, and the precise circumstance…
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/ukraine-is…
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Claim 7: “Russian forces used cluster munitions during the strike on its [Nova Poshta] sorting centre in Kyiv”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the use of cluster munitions at the Nova Poshta sorting center.
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Claim 8: “Russian strikes killed at least 17 people overnight”
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Multiple independent news sources (Reuters, Al Jazeera, and other web search results) confirm that Russian strikes killed at least 17 people.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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Claim 9: “Eight people were killed [at Kvitneva railway station], according to Vitaliy Bigun, head of the Brovary District State Administration”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that eight people were killed at the Kvitneva railway station, citing Vitalii Bihun.
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web search NEUTRAL — A Russian ballistic missile attack in Kyiv Oblast killed 8 people at the Kvitneva station; another 12 injured are in hospitals.
https://english.nv.ua/nation/8-people-die-at-kvitneva-train-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eight people were killed at the Kvitneva railway station as a result of a Russian missile attack on the Brovary district in Kyiv Oblast on the night of 4-5 August. Source: Vitalii Bihun, Head of Brova…
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/05/8047322/
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web search NEUTRAL — Another 17 people were killed. The strike was heavy: 24 ballistic missiles, 4 Zircons/Onyxes and another 115 drones, a significant part of them jet-powered.
https://liveuamap.com/en/2026/5-august-06-eight-people-were-…
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Claim 10: “The Russian army sent 115 drones and fired 28 high-speed missiles, including ballistic ones”
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While one source explicitly mentions '24 ballistic missiles, 4 Zircons/Onyxes and another 115 drones', other sources mention the attack generally without confirming these specific numbers. The provided Wikipedia results for this claim are generic and not relevant to the specific event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest people sorted in descending order by age in years and days. The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_pe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian Premier League (RPL; Russian: Российская премьер-лига, Rossiyskaya premyer-liga; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Premier_League
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Claim 11: “Moscow did not target any military facilities, only civilian sites”
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While one source mentions a claim that there was 'not a single military facility', other sources report that Russia has denied targeting civilians while Ukrainian officials maintain that civilian sites are being deliberately targeted. The claim that 'only' civilian sites were targeted is a specific narrative that contradicts general reports of military-civilian infrastructure overlap.
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web search NEUTRAL — "There was not a single military facility, only civilian infrastructure.Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainian ports have come under repeated fire, with Moscow targeting infrastruc…
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-strikes-odesa-port-with-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine says the campaign is aimed at disrupting Russia's energy sector and military logistics, while Moscow accuses Kyiv of targeting civilians. We speak to our correspondents about the significance …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbj1dSBuizE
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web search NEUTRAL — Residents and officials in Chernihiv say Russian forces are deliberately targeting civilian sites.Russia has denied targeting civilian sites in Ukraine. But its attacks on countless apartment blocks a…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60860197
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.