President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed the Defense Forces of Ukraine to propose possible formats for a response to the Russian strike on the night of May 14. Zelenskyy announced this on Telegram, UNN reports.
I held a meeting of the Staff. The first issue was a detailed report from our military on the defensive operation that took place these days against a massive and virtually continuous Russian strike that lasted almost two days. This is a special terrorist tactic of the Russians, who accumulated drones and missiles over a certain period and deliberately calculated the strike so that its scale would be significant and the complications for our air defense would be the greatest
He noted that in total, during the waves of massive attacks on May 13 and 14, the Russians used 1,567 drones and 56 missiles of various types. The shoot-down rate for drones was 94%. The shoot-down rate for missiles was 73%. The key challenge is ballistics and the protection of thousands of rear infrastructure facilities and our cities.
Together with military commanders, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Energy, and other involved officials, we discussed in detail the current needs of our sky protection forces and increasing the supply of necessary equipment, including radars. In this regard, specific instructions were given to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Air Force, and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
According to him, there were also reports regarding hits in various regions of ours: from Rivne and Frankivsk to Kyiv and the Kharkiv region. Currently, search and rescue operations are still ongoing in Kyiv at the site of the destruction of a residential building entrance, which was practically demolished from the 1st to the 9th floor due to this Russian attack. The fate of nearly 20 people who could have been in this building is unknown. As of now, seven dead and 39 wounded are known in Kyiv alone. All necessary forces of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the National Police, municipal, and medical services are involved.
I am grateful to everyone who helps at the strike sites and saves people. I will also speak in detail with our diplomats regarding the tasks at hand today in the search for air defense missiles. Everyone must focus on anti-ballistic systems and missiles for them. This is priority number one, and the assessment of the work of Ukrainian diplomacy in May-June will depend, in particular, on the sufficient provision of our sky protection forces. I have instructed the Defense Forces of Ukraine and special services to propose possible formats for our response to this Russian strike
As a reminder
In Kyiv, there is currently data on at least 20 missing persons after the massive Russian strike.