The hits ignited several blazes throughout the city at a time when Ukraine is facing an acute shortage of missile defense interceptors — a fact that the Kremlin is seemingly keen to leverage. Ukraine Has a Missile Problem“Ballistic missile interceptors could have saved the lives of those killed today,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a post on X. “Partners who are not yet ready to play a more active role in supplying interceptors can help by implementing new sanctions.” In the last three weeks, an estimated 14 Wildberries facilities are believed to have erupted into smoke and flames as a consequence of the Ukrainian strikes. Defenses Strained by Two Simultaneous WarsStrained by wars in the Middle East and Europe, the global stockpile of missile interceptors is believed to be dangerously low.