Ukraine Resumes Intercepting Russian Iskander-M/KN-23 Missiles

On the night of August 27, Ukrainian air defenses shot down seven Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles.

This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky noted a few days ago that Ukraine had received additional missiles for the Patriot air defense system.

“And we received a few more Patriot missiles. I can’t say exactly how many, but a few. We need more,” the president said.

Earlier, in an interview with CNN, he said that 5% of U.S. stockpiles of missiles for the Patriot air defense systems would allow Ukraine to get through the winter and save lives, while 10% would make it possible to stop all ballistic attacks by the aggressor country.

The Patriot air defense system is Ukraine’s primary means of countering ballistic threats.

A shortage of missiles for this system in the U.S. is creating problems for the normal supply of Ukraine’s air defense, which is reflected in the number of enemy ballistic missile intercepts.

In early July 2026, Donald Trump announced that Ukraine would be granted a license to produce its own Patriot interceptor missiles, although the decision has most likely not yet been finalized.

Furthermore, during one of the strikes this summer, Russia deployed for the first time the new 9M723-2 Iskander-1000 ballistic missile.

In total, starting at 6:00 p.m. on August 26, the enemy deployed two Onyx anti-ship missiles, Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 258 attack UAVs of various types.

Among the drones were Shahed, Gerbera, S8000 Banderol, and Parodiya decoy drones. About one-third of the attack drones used were jet-powered.

The main targets of the strike were the Odesa, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, and Zaporizhzhia regions.