By KYIV. Dec 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of supplying additional air defense systems to Ukraine with a new night missile attack on Kyiv.
“Russia attempted to strike Kyiv with 10 ballistic missiles at 3 a.m. this night. All of them were shot down. I am grateful to our Air Defense Forces and partners. I thank all of our services helping the victims of the fallen debris. We keep working to enhance our capabilities, and we have powerful new agreements. We are working to expedite their implementation,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram on Tuesday morning.
“President Biden and I just agreed to work on increasing the number of air defense systems in Ukraine, and the terrorist state demonstrated how critical this decision is. Each additional system and missile is vital for Ukraine…Russia has proven once again that it is a heinous country that fires missiles at night, trying to hit residential areas, kindergartens, and energy facilities during the winter,” the head of the Ukrainian state added.
Zelenskyy also added that the Russian missile attack will not go unanswered. “There will be a response. Certainly!” the president said.
As the US State Department announced on Wednesday, the next $200 million package of military assistance to Ukraine includes munitions for air defense systems and for highly mobile artillery missile systems, artillery, and missiles to suppress radar stations.
