Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defence systems to help it counter Russia's daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack.

Russia's relentless pounding of urban areas behind the front line following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has killed thousands of civilians. It has also targeted the energy supply to deny civilians heat and running water in winter, as well as to disrupt industrial production of Ukraine's newly developed drones and missiles.

The sophisticated Patriot systems are the most effective weapon against Russian missiles. Zelenskyy has pleaded with Western partners to provide more of them, but produ

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