Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he was waiting for a response from the United States on Kyiv’s proposal to buy more air defence systems. In a late night address on Saturday, Zelenskiy said his country was working to boost its air defences amid the ongoing relentless Russian attacks and was waiting for signals from Washington to this end.
"We are working to increase Ukraine's air defense. Very important are positive signals from the US, and concrete signals regarding air defense. We are still waiting for an answer to the proposal to buy systems that can help. Concrete signals, not just words," Zelenskiy stated.
Thanking EU partners for the military supplies, Zelenskiy also called for joint production of air defense systems and missiles. "We must achieve results also in joint production of air defense systems, production of missiles for them - this is definitely necessary for all of our Europe. Only time separates us from this result, and the main thing is to shorten that time," the Ukrainian leader said.
Furthermore, Zelenskiy called for more pressure on Vladimir Putin in response to Russia’s intensified air raids on Ukraine. "I thank everyone in the world who helps, who does this. No form of pressure on Russia should be weakened - neither those formats already applied nor those forms of pressure being prepared. The Russians are preparing to continue the war and ignore all peaceful proposals. They must be held accountable for this," Zelenskiy concluded.
At least three people were killed and dozens were injured in Russian barrage on northeastern Kharkiv city on Saturday in response to Ukraine’s daring Spiderweb operation. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that Kremlin would respond to destruction of Russian strategic bombers in its territory.
