Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Paris, November 17, 2025 (Sarah Meyssonnier/AFP)

EA-Ukraine VideoCast: Could Kyiv Hit Russia With Ballistic Missiles By End of 2026?

Saturday’s Coverage: Russia Murders 20+ Civilians, Injures 130+ in Kryvyi Rih and Mykolaiv

UPDATE 0641 GMT:

Two civilians were murdered and several wounded by a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv on Saturday afternoon, as German Foreign Minister Johann Wadepuhl was visiting the capital.

The attack was on the Boryspil district, on the eastern outskirts of the city.

Wadepuhl pledged an additional €50 million ($58 million) in humanitarian support to help Ukrainians in frontline regions and to prepare for the coming winter.

UPDATE 0635 GMT:

On Saturday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hosted a US delegation led by Keith Kellogg, Donald Trump’s former envoy, to discuss the urgent need for air defense missiles.

Kellogg was pushed out by the Trump Administration in January in favor of envoys more sympathetic to the Kremlin, real estate developer Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

UPDATE 0628 GMT:

Ukraine has struck a logistics center of Russian online retailer Ozon for the second time in two days.

Ukrainian drones set afire the center in the city of Orenburg, around 1,000 km (620 miles) from the border, overnight.

The attacks are the first on Ozon, Russia’s second-largest online marketplace. Early Friday, Ukraine struck the company’s center in the Samara region.

Ozon is the main competitor to “Russia’s Amazon”, Wildberries, which has suffered billions in losses from Ukrainian attacks since mid-July.

ORIGINAL ENTRY: France’s President Emmanuel Macron has pledged assistance for Ukraine’s air defenses, as Kyiv faces its vulnerability to Russia’s ballistic missile strikes on energy infrastructure and other civilian sites.

After a call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, Macron said Paris will speed up the delivery of missiles and other military equipment.

“It is crucial to provide Ukraine with all the necessary means to defend its skies and thwart this aggression. I announced to President Zelensky the strengthening of our support, with the delivery of interceptors,” Macron posted.

Zelensky said Macron agreed to help Kyiv in its communications with international partners that possess Patriot air defense systems.

As Russia escalates the strikes, particularly on and near Kyiv, Zelensky has said that Ukraine has only 1/10th of the anti-ballistic missile capacity which it needs for the winter.

The Trump Administration has been unreliable as a source for assistance. The prospect of aid has been further dimmed by the Administration’s failing War on Iran, in which the US has expended more of its Patriot stocks.