"Only (Russian President Vladimir) Putin doesn't want to, and is clinging to his ballistic missiles and drones to keep the war going." At around 3 a.m., as rescue crews were putting out fires in Brovary, Kyiv Independent journalists reported more explosions and said ballistic missiles were attacking the capital. Without a sufficient supply of Patriot interceptors, these targets are nearly defenseless against Russian ballistic missiles. The Defense Ministry reported on Aug. 7 that Ukraine managed to intercept only 29 of the 195 ballistic missiles Russia launched at the country in July. 24 None of the 24 ballistic and four hypersonic missiles Russia launched during the assault were intercepted, Ukraine's Air Force said.