Russian Saturation Strike on Kyiv Kills at Least 13, Exploiting Ukraine's Air Defense Gaps

A Russian missile strike on Kyiv on August 20, 2026 killed at least 13 and wounded dozens, per CNN. The attack also damaged a children's hospital, Kyiv's mayor reported. Russian forces timed the mass strike to exploit depleted Ukrainian interceptor stocks — a tactic of saturation barrages calibrated to gaps in Kyiv's layered air defense architecture.