US EditionZelenskyy seeks Patriot systems from US to counter Russia’s power grid attacks
Zelenskyy requests 25 Patriot missile systems to counter Russian strikes that have caused widespread blackouts, with European allies urged to transfer existing systems, officials said.
- On Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested 25 Patriot air-defense systems from the United States, acknowledging they are costly and could take years to manufacture.
- Combined missile and drone strikes have intensified, hitting local switchyards region by region and coinciding with Russia’s battlefield push toward Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, causing scheduled blackouts this year.
- NATO is coordinating regular deliveries, Zelenskyy said Ukraine recently received more Patriot systems from Germany while European allies and Canada buy much U.S. equipment.
- In the east, fighting for Pokrovsk has Russia assembling 170,000 troops, while the Institute for the Study of War expects a quicker tempo as more forces move into the city.
- Amid nearly four years since the invasion, it is not known how many Patriot systems are in Ukraine even as international peace efforts appear to have dissipated.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told British media that he wants to order 27 US Patriot air defense systems to defend against Russian drone attacks, and that European countries could lend their Patriot systems to Kiev. He also warned that Russia could attack another European country before the war in Ukraine ends.
Zelenskyy seeks Patriot systems from U.S. to counter Russia’s power grid attacks
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday he wants to order 25 Patriot air defence systems from the United States, as Ukraine desperately tries to fend off relentless Russian aerial attacks that have brought rolling blackouts across Ukraine on the brink of winter.
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Zelenskyy seeks Patriot systems from US to counter Russia's power grid attacks
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he wants to order 25 Patriot air defense systems from the United States as Ukraine tries to fend off relentless Russian aerial attacks that have led to rolling blackouts.
Ukraine would like to order 27 Patriot air defense systems from US companies and in the meantime is seeking to borrow this important system from its European allies, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with The Guardian published on Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the British newspaper The Guardian that he wants to order 27 US Patriot air defense systems to defend against Russian drone attacks, and that European countries could lend their Patriot systems to Kiev. He also warned that Russia could attack another European country before the war in Ukraine ends.
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