Ukraine will ask NATO for the “same level” of anti-aircraft assistance that Israel receives

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, announced in his address to the nation last night that he will ask the Ukraine-NATO Council a meeting to obtain more protection from its allies for the country’s cities and infrastructure, after Alliance members helped with their own troops to Israel to shoot down Iranian projectiles.

“We give equal value to all lives. We must do this. We must protect them from terror at the same level. Ukraine will request a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council talk about the protection of the sky, the provision of anti-aircraft means, the corresponding systems and missiles“, he said Zelensky.

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Since the Iranian attack on Sunday with more than three hundred drones and missiles that were almost entirely shot down by Israel’s air defenses with assistance from outside its national territory of United States, United Kingdom and France, Zelensky has repeatedly called on its partners to guarantee Ukraine a similar level of protection.

Zelensky He recalled in one of these messages that Israellike Ukraine, is not part of the NATOand stated that members of the alliance could become more involved in defending Ukraine without needing to activate article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and going to war with Russia.

“We’re working to get more real help. To achieve true equality in defense against terrorism“said the Ukrainian president in his speech last night, adding that “O Shahed Drones and ballistic missiles are the same” when they are used against Israel and when they are fired at Ukraine.

“Are human lives different, are the values ​​of people different? No, they’re not“, he said Zelensky asking for more help from their partners.

Since the start of the war, Ukraine has been asking its allies to send it anti-aircraft systems enough to protect your territory and infrastructures from Russian air strikes. Kiev received part of the aid it asks forbut remains vulnerable to Russian missiles and drones.

Source: Elcomercio

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