KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on allies on Sunday to fulfill all promises to supply Ukraine with weapons, including those intended to counter Russian air attacks.
Zelensky said that over the past week, Russian forces launched hundreds of strikes on Ukraine and used nearly 700 aerial bombs and more than 600 attack drones.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down 60 out of 94 drones launched by Russia overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Sunday. It said 34 drones were “lost,” referring to Ukraine’s use of electronic warfare to redirect Russian drones.
“The Russian war continues every week only because the Russian army maintains its ability to terrorize Ukraine and exploit its superiority in the sky,” Zelensky said via the Telegram messaging app.
He called on Ukraine's allies to fulfill the agreements already reached.
“The decisions taken at the NATO summit in Washington, as well as those adopted during the Ramstein meetings on Ukraine’s air defenses, have not yet been fully implemented,” Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian president said this week that he discussed with partners and the United States the possibility of granting Ukraine licenses to produce air defense systems and missiles.
