Zelensky highlights Patriot’s effectiveness and calls for more systems to protect all of Ukraine

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskytoday highlighted the effectiveness of the Patriot and other Western anti-aircraft missile systems in protecting Kiev, after the Ukrainian capital was attacked this morning with 31 Russian missiles which were completely shot down by Ukrainian defenses.

Zelensky also asked more Western air defense systems to be able to protect the rest of Ukrainian territory as the capital already is.

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“More than 30 missiles were shot down, including an aeroballistic missile,” said the head of the Ukrainian state in reference to the hypersonic missile Kinzhalone of the most sophisticated and difficult to intercept in the Russian arsenal.

Alluding to this interception, Zelensky stated that Russia “does not have missiles that can overwhelm” the Patriot and other systems that Kiev’s Western allies have sent to Ukraine.

“Now this protection is needed here in Ukraine. From Kiev to Kharkiv, from Sumi to Kherson, from Odessa to the Donetsk region”The Ukrainian leader highlighted the need to protect the entire national territory.

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Zelensky also said that the creation on the entire Ukrainian territory of an anti-missile shield capable of intercepting all Russian missiles “is possible if Ukraine’s partners” have sufficient political will” and send the necessary means to do so.

Ukraine achieved an interception rate of practically one hundred percent in the country’s capital, where it used the best air defense means received from the West. Most regions of the country, however, remain vulnerable to Russian ballistic and aeroballistic missiles.

Source: Elcomercio

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