Ukraine gets more Patriot air defenses to counter Russian attacks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defense systems to help it counter Russia’s daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack.

Russia’s relentless pounding of urban areas behind the front line following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago has killed thousands of civilians. It has also targeted the energy supply to deny civilians heat and running water in winter, as well as disrupt industrial production of Ukraine’s newly developed drones and missiles.

The sophisticated Patriot systems are the most effective weapon against Russian missiles. Zelenskyy has pleaded with Western partners to provide more of them, but production limitations and the need to maintain stockpiles have slowed their delivery.

“More Patriots are now in Ukraine and being put into operation,” Zelenskyy said on social media late Sunday. “Of course, more systems are needed to protect key infrastructure sites and our cities across the entire territory of our state.”

He thanked Germany and its Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the Patriots. Germany said three months ago it would deliver two more Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. It agreed to the move after securing assurances that the U.S. will prioritize the delivery of new Patriots to Germany to backfill its stocks. Patriot systems are made only in the U.S.

NATO is coordinating regular deliveries of large weapons packages to Ukraine. European allies and Canada are buying much of the equipment from the United States, which has greater stocks of ready military materiel, as well as more effective weapons. The Trump administration is not giving any arms to Ukraine, unlike the previous Biden administration.

Russia launched 12 missiles of various types and 138 strike and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight from Sunday to Monday, Ukraine’s air force said. On some nights it has fired many hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine.

In Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, Russian drones hit a house where they killed a man and injured five members of his family, authorities said. Two women were also injured in a separate Sumy attack.

“The Russians cynically targeted people — deliberately, at night, while they were sleeping,” regional head Oleh Hryhorov wrote on Telegram in response to the attacks.

Russian missiles started a fire at a business in the central Dnipro region, injuring one man, regional head Vladyslav Haivanenko said.

Russian drones have also struck energy infrastructure in the southern Mykolaiv region.

At the same time, Ukraine has been trying to constrain Russia’s oil industry, a mainstay of its economy.

Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s Saratov oil refinery overnight and started a fire, according to Ukraine’s general staff. It was Ukraine’s fourth attack on the Saratov installation in almost seven weeks.

The refinery, located some 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the Ukrainian border, can process several million metric tons of oil a year.

Zelenskyy claimed last week that long-range strikes on Russian refineries have reduced Moscow’s oil refining capacity by 20%.

乌克兰基辅（美联社）——乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示，乌克兰已收到更多美国制造的“爱国者”防空系统，以帮助其应对俄罗斯的每日轰炸。此前，俄罗斯无人机在最近一次夜间袭击中造成一名男子死亡，并导致其五名家庭成员受伤，其中包括两名儿童。

自近四年前全面入侵乌克兰以来，俄罗斯对前线后方的城市地区进行了持续不断的轰炸，造成数千名平民丧生。俄罗斯还以能源供应为目标，切断了乌克兰民众冬季的供暖和自来水供应，并破坏了乌克兰新研发的无人机和导弹的工业生产。

先进的“爱国者”导弹防御系统是应对俄罗斯导弹最有效的武器。泽连斯基曾恳求西方伙伴提供更多此类系统，但由于产能限制和维持库存的需要，交付速度有所放缓。

泽连斯基周日晚间在社交媒体上表示：“现在乌克兰境内已有更多‘爱国者’导弹系统投入使用。当然，我们需要更多系统来保护我们国家全境的关键基础设施和城市。”

他感谢德国及其总理弗里德里希·默茨提供的“爱国者”导弹防御系统。三个月前，德国表示将向乌克兰再交付两套“爱国者”防空系统。此前，德国已获得美国保证，美国将优先向德国交付新的“爱国者”系统以补充其库存，德国才同意这一行动。“爱国者”系统仅由美国制造。

北约正在协调定期向乌克兰运送大量武器装备。欧洲盟国和加拿大则从美国购买大部分装备，因为美国拥有更充足的现役军事物资储备以及更有效的武器。与前任拜登政府不同，特朗普政府没有向乌克兰提供任何武器。

乌克兰空军称，俄罗斯于周日晚至周一凌晨向乌克兰发射了12枚各类导弹和138架攻击型及诱饵型无人机。在某些夜晚，俄罗斯向乌克兰发射了数百架无人机和导弹。

据乌克兰当局称，在乌克兰东北部的苏梅州，俄罗斯无人机袭击了一栋房屋，造成一名男子死亡，其五名家庭成员受伤。在苏梅州的另一起袭击事件中，也有两名妇女受伤。

地区负责人奥列格·赫里霍罗夫在 Telegram 上回应袭击事件时写道：“俄罗斯人冷酷无情地以人为目标——故意在夜间，趁人们熟睡时发动袭击。”

第聂伯罗中部地区领导人弗拉迪斯拉夫·海瓦年科表示，俄罗斯导弹在该地区一家企业引发火灾，造成一人受伤。

俄罗斯无人机还袭击了南部尼古拉耶夫地区的能源基础设施。

与此同时，乌克兰一直在努力遏制俄罗斯的石油工业，而石油工业是乌克兰经济的支柱产业。

据乌克兰总参谋部消息，乌克兰军队夜间袭击了俄罗斯萨拉托夫炼油厂并纵火。这是乌克兰在近七周内对萨拉托夫炼油厂的第四次袭击。

该炼油厂位于距离乌克兰边境约 500 公里（300 英里）处，每年可加工数百万公吨石油。

泽连斯基上周声称，对俄罗斯炼油厂的远程打击使莫斯科的炼油能力下降了 20%。