UZHHOROD, UKRAINE - JANUARY 29: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba during common press conference with Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Incumbent of Hungary Péter Szijjártó on January 29, 2024 in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. This is the first official meeting of Ukrainian-Hungarian politicians in Ukraine after the beginning of the Russian invasion. (Photo by Eduard Kryzhanivskyi/Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
The minister said this in an interview with Politico.
“Give us the damn Patriots. If we had enough air defense systems, namely Patriots, we could protect not only the lives of our people but also our economy from destruction”, Kuleba noted.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also stated that 10 Patriot surface-to-air missile systems “would fundamentally change the situation” in the war. On January 2, during a massive shelling of Ukraine, the Air Force shot down 10 out of 10 Russian ballistic missiles “Kinjal” with the help of Patriot missile defense systems.
This is the only thing Ukraine desperately needs at the moment to defend itself from constant missile attacks by Russia.
Kuleba also said that he receives “irritated comments” from Germany when he calls on Berlin to transfer long-range Taurus missiles. Earlier, Chancellor Olaf Scholz publicly cited various reasons for the unwillingness to provide them to Ukraine – from a reluctance to escalate and get involved in a war with Russia to fears that these missiles would strike Moscow.
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