The Russian Federation is not changing its tactics of combined strikes, and the diplomatic priority for Ukraine is cooperation for air defense - and there are already additional contributions from Germany and Norway to PURL, including an agreement with Germany on PAC-2 missiles (for Patriot) and launchers for IRIS-T, new agreements with other partners are being prepared, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, reacting to another attack by the Russian Federation on Ukraine, UNN writes.
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"The biggest diplomatic priority for Ukraine now is cooperation for air defense. We need air defense missiles every day - every day the Russians continue their strikes on our cities. Just yesterday - brutal strikes on Dnipro, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, Chernihiv, Donetsk region, Zaporizhzhia. Only in Dnipro yesterday five people were killed by a Russian strike... In Cherkasy, a small boy died - he was eight years old... In Zaporizhzhia, a person also died from a strike on a bus stop. My condolences to the relatives and friends," Zelenskyy wrote on social media.
Russia is not changing its tactics of combined strikes, and we must be ready to shoot down all types of air targets. That is why the PURL program, which allows us to receive the necessary anti-ballistic missiles, must continue to work. These days we have secured additional contributions from Germany and Norway to the program. There is also an agreement with Germany on PAC-2 missiles for our air defense and additional launchers for IRIS-T systems. There is also an agreement with Norway on strengthening our air defense. We are preparing new agreements with our other partners. Each such result guarantees the protection of thousands of Ukrainian lives
According to him, work is underway "to ensure that here, in Europe, we can produce, together with partners, all the necessary air defense systems, missiles for them, and each type of drone, without which real defense in modern warfare is impossible." "Based on the results of this week, we will provide Ukraine with opportunities for additional strengthening through joint work with Europeans on drones and joint production. For every Russian strike, there will be our responses - our long-range sanctions against the aggressor, our internal development of the defense system, and our cooperation with partners who truly value life. Thank you to everyone who helps!" - the President emphasized.
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