Europe should consider its own anti-ballistic missile defense - Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared details of his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, which took place on Wednesday, June 3, as part of his visit to Ukraine. Separately, the Head of State mentioned the consequences of the Russian strikes on Dnipro, which also occurred today, UNN reports with reference to Zelenskyy's evening address.

Details

Currently, all necessary forces are deployed in Dnipro following the Russian strikes. There were "Shaheds" and ballistics. They hit food warehouses and a postal terminal. It is important for everyone to support Dnipro and every one of our cities, every one of our communities that suffer from Russian strikes

The President also added that there are already decisions from partners regarding new contributions to the PURL program—they will be made throughout June. In his opinion, it is necessary to push European countries as much as possible to work on their own anti-ballistic capabilities.

The capacity to create an anti-ballistic system in Europe exists, and all the possibilities for production are also there. It is necessary for political decisions to work as quickly as possible

The President also discussed the summit in Ankara with the NATO Secretary General.

There is an invitation for Ukraine, and we will be represented. The main thing is for the summit to be productive for Ukraine. Anti-ballistics is one of such potential results

Volodymyr Zelenskyy also held talks with the Prime Ministers of Great Britain and Norway, Keir Starmer and Jonas Gahr Støre.

I am grateful to every country that is with us in this task—France, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and others. Europe will truly become stronger when this result is achieved. Not if, but when. And it will happen, but time is of great importance, and we need to be more prompt

Recall

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced regular deliveries of American interceptors for Ukrainian air defense. He noted that PAC-2 and PAC-3 missiles are arriving daily and weekly.