Ukraine requests more air defences after Russian attacks
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The Ukrainian Air Force says a shortage of interceptor missiles meant none of the 23 ballistic missiles fired by Russia at Kyiv on Sunday night were shot down. It was the second large-scale deadly Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital in a week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on allies to take "strong decisions" at this week's Nato summit to provide Kyiv with air defences. Also, huge crowds fill the streets of Tehran for the funeral procession of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Three of his sons prayed beside his coffin at the Grand Mosalla mosque but Motjaba, the son who succeeded him as supreme leader, did not make an appearance; President Trump has been justifying his intervention in FIFA's decision to lift a one-match ban on Folarin Balogun, America's top scorer at the World Cup. Speaking to reporters in the White House, Mr Trump said it was unfair to take out one of the US's best players, and all that he had done was ask FIFA for a review. As fighting intensifies in Sudan's civil war, the UN Human Rights council has ordered an urgent investigation into allegations of abuses in and around the city of El-Obeid.
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Photo: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the site of an apartment building damaged during overnight Russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv on the 2nd of July.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm Valerie Sanderson, and at 14 hours GMT on Monday the 6th of July, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.8 | Ukraine pleads for air defences after revealing that none of the ballistic missiles |
| 0:22.7 | in Russia's latest deadly barrage overnight were intercepted. In Iran, the funeral procession |
| 0:28.4 | for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is moving through the capital Tehran. |
| 0:33.6 | Our correspondent hears from people in the country. |
| 0:43.8 | Also in this podcast, there's condemnation of FIFA's decision to abolish a one-match suspension for America's top goals scorer in the World Cup after a phone call from Donald Trump. |
| 0:49.6 | I think it's an absolute disgrace. Infantino, he should be ashamed of this because I think for the sportsmanship of this game is in question here. |
| 1:00.7 | A two-day prison riot in Sri Lanka has left at least 25 people dead and more than 100 injured. |
| 1:07.3 | And the Zulu language drama The Polygamist, produced by daughters of a former |
| 1:12.4 | South African president. |
| 1:18.3 | We start in Ukraine, where at least 21 people have died, after Russia carried out another |
| 1:24.0 | barrage of air attacks in and around Kieveeve. Russia says they were aimed at |
| 1:28.7 | defense installations, but three blocks of flats have partially collapsed. The assault included |
| 1:34.6 | 23 ballistic missiles launched by Moscow, none of which were shot down because of a shortage |
| 1:40.8 | of missiles that could intercept. Alexandra is a student in Kiev, and she told us what last night was like. |
| 1:48.0 | Last night was an outstanding one. |
| 1:50.5 | Usually they strike drones, like massive groups of drones, |
| 1:55.0 | before striking the ballistics right away or other types of arms. |
| 1:59.6 | But this night, they began only with the ballistics straight away, which was kind of unexpected. |
| 2:06.7 | Drones could be intercepted easily. |
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