Zelenskyy visits Russian ally Serbia as Moscow pounds Kyiv

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visited Serbia, an ally of Russia, as Moscow intensified its missile attacks on Kyiv. Ukraine has requested increased U.S. Patriot missile defense systems to counter the ongoing barrage of ballistic missile strikes.

Moscow has significantly upped its attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent months, typically firing salvos of hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles in short blitzes, with Ukraine pleading for more U.S.-made Patriot interceptors.