skies

As afternoon turned to evening Tuesday, the blue skies over the city gave way to clouds and drizzle.

To protect its skies from ballistic missiles, Kyiv has asked its Western partners for at least 10 units of Patriot surface-to-air defence systems which can detect and intercept oncoming missiles.

Thousands of lightning strikes lit up the skies above Southern California over the past two days as the region prepares for the potential of more wet weather over the weekend.

"Our skies are being choked by wildfire smoke we didn't start and can't control," wrote Calvin Callahan, a Republican state representative from Wisconsin, in a letter dated early August.

And on Saturday three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonian skies and remained there for 12 minutes, leading Nato jets to be scrambled.