Zero Intercepts: Russian Barrage Kills 20+ as Ukraine's Air Defense Collapses

Russia fired 23 ballistic missiles at Ukraine on Sunday night. Ukraine's Air Force intercepted none, killing over 20 people. The zero-intercept rate against a ballistic salvo—the threat class Patriot's PAC-3 interceptors are designed to defeat—exposes a critical shortage of air-defense stock. Trump's pledge on July 8 to license Patriot production to Ukraine addresses a multi-year industrial gap, not the immediate interceptor deficit this weekend's attack revealed.