Concrete decisions reached on strengthening Ukraine's air defence and anti-ballistic capabilities, Ukrainian foreign minister says
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said the NATO summit has delivered results for Ukraine in countering ballistic missile attacks and stressed that protecting Ukraine's skies was the top priority during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meetings with foreign leaders.
Source: European Pravda
Quote: "Concrete decisions have already been made to strengthen our air defence capabilities and our ability to counter ballistic missiles."
Details: Sybiha said one of the priorities is the rapid delivery of PAC-3 missiles for Patriot air defence systems. "There are a number of countries that have anti-ballistic missiles in stock. We are working with each of these countries through various channels and under different arrangements to obtain them," he noted.
Sybiha also stressed that there is "another path" aimed at establishing domestic production of anti-ballistic capabilities in Ukraine.
"We have a clear understanding of how to move forward on this path. The president has held talks with the leaders of countries that can genuinely accelerate the process or provide the necessary elements to finalise it [the establishment of such production facilities in Ukraine – ed.]. I am referring specifically to finalising this process, namely the establishment of an air defence system in Ukraine with ballistic missile defence capabilities," he explained.
Background:
- On 7 July, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is preparing the first meeting of an "anti-ballistic coalition".
- Zelenskyy also told US lawmakers that Ukraine is experiencing a shortage of Patriot interceptors.
- However, NATO believes there will never be enough ballistic missile interceptors.
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