By the end of last week, Russia’s state TV news anchors were cock-a-hoop over Ukraine’s evident plight as it ran out of interceptors for the Patriot missile batteries needed to stop Moscow’s ballistic missiles. Anything Russia targets can now be destroyed, including Kyiv’s air defenses, they gloated: “All Ukraine’s drone industry is being methodically taken down.”
Geopolitics Bloomberg Aug 24, 2026