Zelenskyy on air defence: It is not easy, but it will all happen

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is continuing efforts to strengthen its air defence and is negotiating agreements to produce the necessary weapons domestically.

Source: Zelenskyy in an evening address

Quote: "We continue working to secure air defence for Ukraine – the missiles needed to protect lives and agreements for production in Ukraine. All of this will happen. It is not easy, but all of this will happen.

Throughout the war, we have already spoken many times about weapons, capabilities, and equipment that we were initially told were supposedly impossible for us to obtain. Then we heard that Ukrainians supposedly would not be able to do it because it would take decades to become capable of it. F-16s, the production of millions of drones a year, specialised missile technologies – we did it."

Details: Zelenskyy said the same will happen with anti-ballistic capabilities and Patriot systems.

Quote: "But every delay that, unfortunately, is happening at the political level simply costs lives. It is important to act quickly, to focus all our efforts on protecting lives and limiting Russia's resources for war.

The aggressor must feel that the world is there – truly there – and is acting to end the war, rather than simply watching the war continue."

Background: Zelenskyy reported on 12 August that Ukraine had struck the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk with domestically-made Palianytsia drones and Neptun missiles.

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