US EditionZelenskyy says Ukrainian air force needs to improve as Russian drone barrages take a toll
Zelenskyy criticized air force performance and pledged improvements as Russia launched 328 drones and seven missiles overnight, with Ukrainian defenses downing 297, officials said.
- On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he views the air force's performance in some parts as `unsatisfactory` and discussed new air-defense measures with the defense minister and air force commander.
- Repeated Russian aerial assaults in recent months have targeted Ukraine's power grid, causing blackouts and leaving more than 1,200 residential buildings in Kyiv without heating, while the U.K. Defense Ministry said Friday the network is in its most acute winter crisis.
- Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 328 drones and seven missiles overnight, while regional officials reported one killed and two injured in Dnipropetrovsk and eight injured plus 18 apartments damaged in Zaporizhzhia, with 13 dogs killed in a shelter strike.
- Local reports said Ukrainian strikes damaged power facilities in Belgorod, Russia, disrupting electricity, while Bryansk region officials reported brief power cuts amid fierce fighting on the front line.
- Zelenskyy warned Thursday that technical advances stretched the frontline `kill zone` to about 20 kilometers, and he said further U.S.-brokered meetings are planned `in the near future, likely in the United States`.
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The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, today criticized the functioning of his country's air force in some parts of it as "unsatisfactory" and added that steps have been taken to improve the response to massive Russian drone barrages in civilian areas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has previously strongly criticized the performance of air defense, announced personnel changes in the Air Force. This is not without precedent, as Zelensky has previously expressed objections to the effectiveness of air defense in some regions. The president also spoke on January 20 about the need for the Air Force to be renewed in the wake of Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Accordi…
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a daily selector.
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