President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine “belongs in NATO” as he pleaded with the alliance to urgently supply it with air defence supplies, INDEPENDENT reports.
He added that Europe urgently needs to develop its own anti-ballistic missile production “urgently” and cannot wait till 2030, but needs the weapons “today”.
“Europe needs its own effective ant-ballistic missiles and systems. This work is already underway. I urge you and all of our partners to give it the attention it deserves,” he said.
“Please help us get more air defence missiles,” he said asking for support for Kyiv. “We are capable of doing everything else ourselves.”
He is to meet with President Donald Trump at the Nato summit this week as he hopes to press the allaince for interceptors after Ukraine was unable to down any of the missiles fired by Russia on Monday.
Patriot missiles are the only weapon that can shoot down ballistic projectiles.
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