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Ukraine has received only about 600 advanced interceptor missiles for the MIM-104 Patriot air defense system during the entire course of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian officials told The New York Times. Dmytro Lytvyn, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Kyiv had received roughly that number of interceptor missiles over four years of war. Ukraine has repeatedly urged Western partners to provide additional Patriot systems and interceptor missiles as Russia continues to launch large-scale missile strikes targeting cities and critical infrastructure. The Patriot system remains among the few air defense platforms capable of reliably intercepting advanced ballistic missiles, including...

Brother names Rainbow Warrior agent From correspondents in Paris October 01, 2006 NEW Zealand police may re-open the investigation into the Rainbow Warrior bombing 21 years ago, after a man was named in the French press in connection with the attack. A brother of French presidential hopeful Segolene Royal planted the bombs which killed a crew member aboard the Greenpeace flagship in Auckland harbour in 1985, a family member told French newspaper Le Parisien on Friday. Antoine Royal, another brother of Segolene, told the Parisien newspaper that his brother Gerard was a member of the French intelligence sabotage squad who...