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History: 5 August 2026
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Retrospective · events of 5 August 2026
Kyiv's missile shortage exposed by 5 August strike
Security
A retrospective on a barrage that killed at least 17 people and passed through Ukraine's air defences unchallenged.
Retrospective · events of 5 August 2026
Eight civilians among dead at Kyiv Oblast railway station
Politics
A look back at a Russian strike on Kyiv that killed at least 17 people, and at an opposition politician's departure from Russia two days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 5 August 2026
Kyiv's missile shortage on 5 August 2026
Security
A retrospective on the day Russian ballistic missiles and drones struck Kyiv and none of the missiles were intercepted.