Missile attack on Kyiv injures more than 50 as Ukraine pleads for more Western aid
LA TimesFirefighters extinguish a blaze at a home after a Russian rocket attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday. A barrage of Russian missiles targeted Kyiv on Wednesday, wounding at least 53 people, officials said, as Ukraine’s president sought more military support in Europe after a trip to Washington secured no new pledges. Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russia launched 10 ballistic missiles toward the capital and that all were intercepted by air defenses. “Now is not the time to tire,” the leaders said, amid signs of war fatigue among Kyiv’s foreign supporters. Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s chief of staff, who was traveling with him, said the interception of the missiles fired at Kyiv showed how Western support is helping Ukraine resist Russian aggression.