US EditionUkraine’s Zelenskyy pursues more arms deals with allies to help check Russia’s invasion
Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs more Patriot missiles and faster joint drone and missile production as Russia intensifies attacks, with 324 drones launched overnight.
- On Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged European allies to bolster air-defense funding and production, prioritizing American-made Patriot systems to counter ongoing Russian strikes during a 48-hour diplomatic tour.
- Russia launched 324 drones and three ballistic missiles overnight in its largest barrage in two weeks, striking civilian infrastructure in Dnipro, Sloviansk, and Cherkasy as air defenses intercepted 309 drones.
- Britain announced 120,000 drones for Ukraine this year, while Zelenskyy championed joint production and a promised $106 billion European Union loan to scale up domestic interceptor technology.
- Recent strikes killed an 8-year-old boy in Cherkasy and a woman in Zaporizhzhia, underscoring Zelenskyy's statement that "every day we need air defense missiles."
- Defense leaders from 50-plus nations will hold an online coordination meeting, with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, British Defense Secretary John Healey, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte set to attend.
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Ukraine must always be on the candlestick if it wants to survive. This is the diplomatic strategy of its president, Volodimir Zelenski, when a conflict breaks out in the world that can weaken his country in the fight against the Russian invasion: Ukraine must be present and proactive, even in another war and thousands of kilometers from Kiev.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said Wednesday that Ukraine's "diplomatic priority" is to strengthen its air defence to repel Russia's continued attacks that "is not changing its tactics of combined attacks."
Ukraine's Zelenskyy pursues more arms deals with allies to help check Russia's invasion
KYIV, Apr 15: Ukraine’s top diplomatic priority is securing its allies’ help to buy and build more air defence systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday between meetings with European leaders, as Russia kept up its deadly attacks on civilians and public infrastructure. Russian strikes hit more than a half-dozen areas of Ukraine behind the front line from Tuesday to Wednesday, killing an 8-year-old boy in the central Cherkasy region …
Zelenskyy pursues arms deals to check Russia
Ukraine’s top diplomatic priority is securing its allies’ help to buy and build more air defense systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday between meetings with European leaders, as Russia kept up its deadly attacks on civilians and public infrastructure. Russian strikes hit more than a half-dozen areas of Ukraine behind the front line from Tuesday to Wednesday, killing an 8-year-old boy in the central Cherkasy region and a woman who…
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