Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said that our state needs air defense systems most of all to protect the civilian population from enemy rocket attacks.
He said this during a joint briefing with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
" It’s no secret that the highest demand that we have is in fighting jets, attack aircraft, and air defense systems. We thank all those countries, including the United States, who provided us the – with Stingers. We effectively use them, and just today we shot down three Russian attack aircraft, which were bombing our cities, with the use of Stingers," assured. Kuleba.
He added that Ukraine needs more defense systems.
"But we need to, how to say, big air defense systems to ensure the safety of our skies. If we lose the skies, there will be much, much more blood on the ground, and that will be the blood of civilians. And I don’t want anyone to share responsibility for their blood, anyone in the world to share responsibility for their deaths and suffering," the minister stressed.
Kuleba also thanked for the already-arranged supplies of anti-tank weapons and ammunition – this is one of the most badly needed. Ukraine destroys a lot of Russian tanks and armored vehicles using weapons that came from our friends, including the United States.
Earlier, Apostrophe reported that Ukrainian servicemen had handed over to the army three Russian multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 "Grad" and two artillery installations "Acacia", which were captured during the battle.