Zelensky calls on the European Union to provide air defense to repel “Russian terrorist attacks”

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskythis Wednesday urged the leaders of the European Union provide air defense and weapons so your country can repel attacks.”terrorists” in Russia.

“This can only be stopped through air defense, through specific systems such as the Patriot, IRIS-T, SAMP-T, NASAMS…Systems you have. They are needed in Ukraine necessary at this time to prevent (Russian President Vladimir) Putin from using terrorist methods“, said Zelensky in a videoconference speech at the summit that brings together EU leaders today and tomorrow in Brussels.

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According to his speech, facilitated by European CouncilZelensky emphasized that “current key need”from Ukraine is“the need for air defense”.

In Ukraine he said: “on our part Europeunfortunately we don’t have the level of defense that we all saw in middle East a few days ago. When, thanks to the combined power of the allies, they managed to shoot down almost all the missiles and drones that attacked Israel” in Will.

“Our Ukrainian sky and the sky of our neighbors deserve the same securityZelensky noted.

Next, the Ukrainian president highlighted the second “key question”of this war:“The greater our attack capabilities, the sooner the Russian occupiers will be forced to abandon the sovereign territory of Ukraine. And therefore they will be forced to leave each of their neighbors and all of Europe alone”, he stressed.

Therefore, he called on European leaders to take steps to supply Ukraine with more weapons.

He thanked the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholzfrom him “efficiency”for the decision to send the form“urgent“a system of Patriot Missiles to your country.

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“However, we have a greater need. Russia has already destroyed almost all of our thermal energy generation. Dams and hydropower equipment, as well as gas infrastructure, are targets of terrorist attacks” he pointed out.

“Russia does not renounce radiological blackmail and, in particular, continues to brutally play with the safety of the nuclear plant Zaporozhye. We do not exclude that the infrastructures of our other nuclear power plants and distribution networks are also threatened by Russian terrorism.” he added.

The Ukrainian president warned that they need artillery shells, vehicles and drones to help their army hold the front lines, which Russia is putting pressure on and they are “moving gradually”.

“Putin now hopes to succeed in his counteroffensive, and the only reason for this hope is the shortage of weapons for our soldiers,” he stressed.

Volodimir Zelensky thanked all the initiatives in favor of Ukraine launched by European Union but, “Unfortunately, we have not yet seen the millions of European Union artillery shells that are so much talked about.“, am sorry.

In this sense, he asked the EU heads of state and government to “accelerate implementation”of the agreements,“both in terms of joint supply and production of weapons and ammunition and in financing relevant projects”.

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Finally, he requested special support from the EU to restore normal electricity production and distribution following the Russian attacks.

And in the political sphere, Zelensky asked “the European Union delivers on what it promisedand our people need Ukraine to move closer to full membership”.

Therefore, he considered that “June is the right time to start negotiations with Ukraine on its accession”.

Source: Elcomercio

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