At the "Three Seas Initiative" summit in Vilnius, Volodymyr Zelenskyi emphasized that Ukraine does not receive all the support that its partners verbally promise.
"Missiles fly every day, and every day we hear that new air defense systems will be handed over to Ukraine. Every day, Russian terrorists cut off the electricity in Kharkov and our other cities, and every day we hear that new help is coming soon. The reality must finally match the words, and real losses must finally be inflicted on Russian terror," the president said.
He told those present at the summit that "the missile trajectories this morning were specially calculated to maximize damage to Ukrainian critical infrastructure."
According to the president of Ukraine, "one of the targets of the Russians was near the Polish border."
"Unfortunately, this has already become a routine for our region — both such strikes and our appeals about the need to strengthen our air defense. [...] Not only Ukraine is in danger, but also all the states bordering the Russian Federation," Zelensky emphasized.
- Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, Western countries have provided Ukraine with various air defense systems, all missiles can be shot down only by American Patriot air defense systems, the Ukrainian military has only three such systems. At the end of February 2024, the president said that providing Kyiv with 10 Patriot air defense systems would fundamentally change the situation in the war. Already in April, he said that Ukraine needs 25 Patriot systems to completely cover the sky from air attacks.