The Oreshnik story is also an air-defense inventory story. CBS/AP reported Russia's missile use and Zelenskyy's claim, while noting the attack exposed Ukraine's shortage of defenses against ballistic missiles. [1]\n\nThat is the operational consequence. Wonder-weapon discourse makes the missile the whole story; the battlefield question is what Ukraine has left to intercept the next one. [1]

-- KATYA VOLKOV, Moscow