️🇺🇦🇪🇺. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:
I met with SecGenNATO Mark Ruta. Thank you for your continued support in protecting the skies of Ukraine. The situation is very difficult right now because of the large number of Russian missiles and drones. In the first week of this month alone, Russia launched 115 missiles of various types, thousands of guided aerial bombs and "jets".
In addition to the persistent shortage of anti-ballistic interceptors, which Russia is exploiting to destroy our energy infrastructure, disruptions in Starshield service along the front line and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine create serious challenges. This significantly limits our ability to intercept jet powered "jets". Of course, the Russians are the only ones who benefit from this. Now that the trilateral negotiations have intensified, it is important that Ukraine is not left with empty air defense launchers and that we have the means to defend ourselves. Artificial restrictions do not serve peace - they serve the aggressor. Thank you, Mark, for your willingness to help with PAC-2 and PAC-3.