Ukraine wants safety “from ballistic and different missiles, from drones, and from terror,” Zelenskyy mentioned. “Ukraine should strengthen its air protection — the factor that finest protects lives. These are American techniques, which we’re prepared to purchase. We depend on management, political will, and the help of the US, Europe, and all our partners. I thank everybody who helps,” Zelenskyy added.
Earlier this week, during a press conference in The Hague, after a verbal trade with a Ukrainian journalist, U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned the U.S. wants Patriots too.
“They [Ukrainians] need to have the anti-missiles, as they name them … the Patriots,” Trump mentioned. “And we’re going to see if we will make some out there. They’re very hard to get. We’d like them too. We have been supplying them to Israel, they usually’re very efficient. One hundred percent efficient — exhausting to consider how efficient,” Trump mentioned.
Kyiv on Saturday mentioned a Ukrainian drone strike on the Kirovske airfield in Crimea destroyed a number of Russian helicopters and an air defense system.
The drones focused areas the place Russian aviation models, air protection techniques, ammunition depots and unmanned aerial automobiles have been positioned, the Safety Service of Ukraine, or SBU, mentioned in a Telegram post. The company claimed that Mi-8, Mi-26 and Mi-28 helicopters have been destroyed, together with a Pantsir-S1 missile and gun system.
