Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted 667 of 703 Russian drones and missiles launched overnight April 15-16, but the barrage killed at least 18 people and pushed Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor stocks to a critical low, Ukrainian officials said.

Nine people died in Odesa, five in Dnipro, and four in Kyiv, among them a 12-year-old boy. Rescuers pulled a mother and child from the rubble of a 16-story residential building that collapsed in Kyiv’s Podil district. Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed 45 additional injuries in the capital. Mykolaiv and Kherson lost power.

Of the 703 targets tracked, 19 were Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 25 were cruise missiles, and 659 were Shahed and Gerbera-type attack drones. Confirmed strikes hit 26 locations.

To preserve depleted stockpiles, Ukrainian Patriot crews are now firing a single PAC-3 round per ballistic target rather than the two to four interceptors standard doctrine prescribes, Yehor Cherniev, deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence, said.

“We desperately need more missiles for the Patriot systems,” Yuriy Ihnat, Ukraine’s Air Force spokesperson, said Thursday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy directed Ukraine’s Air Force commander to contact partners “who earlier committed to providing missiles for Patriot and other systems” on delivery timelines. “Another night has proven that Russia does not deserve any easing of global policy or lifting of sanctions,” Zelenskyy said.

Another night has proven that Russia does not deserve any easing of global policy or lifting of sanctions. Russia is betting on war, and the response must be exactly that: we must defend lives with all available means, and we must also apply pressure for the sake of peace with… pic.twitter.com/jHsZjsgXt9

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 16, 2026

Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR), told The Financial Times that Russia now produces roughly 60 Iskander-M ballistic missiles per month, a rate sustained by Chinese-supplied components.

“All decisions required to increase pressure on the aggressor must be unblocked now,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X, calling the strike a “war crime.”

Over the past day and night, Russia carried out a massive terrorist attack against Ukraine with almost 700 drones, dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles.

The attack primarily targeted civilians.

At least 4 people were killed in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old child, with over… pic.twitter.com/Wkd7jh7E5w

— Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 (@andrii_sybiha) April 16, 2026

The ceasefire declared for Orthodox Easter on April 12, which both sides publicly accused one another of violating, expired before the attack began.