Kyiv ups call for air defences as Trump warns aid to Ukraine could be cut
Al Jazeera
The Putin-friendly US president-elect met with Ukraine’s leader in Paris while Russia inched ahead in Donetsk.
Ukraine’s president has sharply raised his demand for air defence systems, highlighting how much Russia has intensified the air war in recent months.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday said Ukraine needed a dozen additional Patriot systems to insulate its economy from the war.
“Ten or twelve additional Patriot systems for Ukraine will ensure [that]… no [glide bombs], no missiles, any ballistic missile etc. will be able to hit the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine, the energy sector, our hospitals, schools, universities,” Zelenskyy posted on the Telegram messaging app.
“People will return to normal life, and from abroad too. Children will go to schools, universities. The economy will work.”
In April Zelenskyy had said Ukraine needed a minimum of seven Patriot systems to provide air cover, but Russia has since raised the number of missiles, drones and huge glide bombs launched against Ukraine.
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