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The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskythis Saturday again asked its allies for more anti-aircraft defense systems after the country shot down just 21 of the 34 missiles it fired. Russia launched at dawn against three regions in the west and central-east of the country in a bombardment that seriously damaged the energy system.
“Tonight, 34 Russian missiles hit Ukraine. We managed to intercept some of them. However, the world has all the resources to help us intercept all missiles and drones fired by the Russian terrorists. This is totally doable. “The only thing that is necessary is that the necessary political decisions and agreements are implemented.”he wrote on his social networks.
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“What Ukraine What we need is air defense systems, weapons in sufficient quantity and quality to guarantee our actions on the front line, as well as rapid delivery and firm action. Terrorism must always fail (…)”, he emphasized.
Zelensky thanked USA and the other partners for their help, a day later washington advertise in group Ramstein that will release 6 billion dollars military aid to Ukraine to increase access to Kyiv for missiles Patriot and drones that allow us to respond to Russian advances on the Eastern Front.
Also Spain announced the sending of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles far-reaching in the virtual meeting of more than fifty countries, in which they also participated Zelenskythe Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerovthe commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Oleg Sirskiand the head of military intelligence (direction), Kirilo Budanov.
The president told his Western partners that “It all depends on how quickly we act and whether the agreements are fully implemented.”
“Despite the fact that Russia we took the initiative in the six months we had to wait for (new) help from U.Swe can still stabilize the front and advance, achieving the war objectives of Ukraine”, he stressed.
Zelensky finally received approval from the more than 60 billion dollars in new US aid after assuring the Speaker of the US House of Representatives in December, michael johnsonthat the Ukrainian Army would only last until March or April without this economic and military packageaccording to the American media Political.
This and the increasingly difficult situation ahead may have convinced Johnson propose a vote.
Sirski informed the US Secretary of Defense the day before, Lloyd Austin and the rest of the allies in the format Ramstein in “the difficult operational and strategic situation, which tends to get worse”, as revealed this Saturday on his Telegram channel.
Source: Elcomercio
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