Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev asked some countries to provide air defense systems to his country at least for the winter period. He made the relevant statement at the briefing held after the meeting with Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Odessa. TASS.
“We have such a multiple system that we are appealing to some states to provide us with some systems even for the winter, because there are so few of them, so we are even talking about such combined things. Therefore, there are systems that will come and be with us, and there are also systems that we searched for and found so that we could take them with us for the winter period,” he said.
He noted that the Ukrainian authorities are actively working to increase the number of air defense systems, especially to protect energy facilities and the grain export corridor. According to Zelensky, Kiev has a “strong plan” for Ukraine’s needs. He added that this plan is being studied in detail.
“Our partners have this; all European partners, from USA, Asia etc. partners. This is a complex task; We add systems every month. “I can’t tell you where these systems will be and I can’t tell you the amount,” the politician added.
Before that Zelensky aforementionedIt was stated that the Ukrainian leadership had to wage a “tough fight” to ensure that its Western allies supplied additional Patriot air defense systems. The Ukrainian leader said that Patriot, NASAMS and IRIS-T complexes are the best air defense systems his country has.
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Source: Gazeta
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