Kyiv's Deadliest Night Exposes Interceptor Gap

Russia hit Kyiv overnight with one of its heaviest strikes of the war, 115 drones and 24 ballistic missiles. Ukrainian defenses downed not a single missile, and 21 people died, dozens more wounded, exposing a critical shortage of Patriot interceptors. The war reached westward too: a drone loaded with explosives turned up near Ukrainian cargo planes at Leipzig airport in Germany, its detonator defused by a robot, officials calling it very serious and pointing at Russia. Against that, ex-army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, now ambassador in London, said Kyiv will likely never truly join NATO and urged new security arrangements. Germany itself is quietly testing readiness, surveying 23 welfare groups on reviving mandatory civilian service as Berlin expands the Bundeswehr. Elsewhere, two Asian governments felt pressure from the street. In India, hunger striker Sonam Wangchuk, who fasted 26 days, said youth protests over a leaked exam had 'terribly' weakened PM Modi, whose education minister already resigned. In Bangladesh, exiled ex-premier Sheikh Hasina vowed to return to Dhaka in December despite a death sentence, straining ties with India. In Spain, the migrant surge into Ceuta revived scrutiny of the old Morocco-Algeria rivalry. In Michigan, left-wing outsider Abdul El-Sayed beat the party's favored candidate for the Democratic Senate nod, setting up a tense swing-state race in November.