The string of strikes across Ukraine against cities and key infrastructure on Monday has galvanized long-standing calls from the government to its allies for more sophisticated air defense systems and longer range weapons.
BRUSSELS — The string of strikes against Ukrainian cities and key infrastructure on Monday galvanized long-standing calls from the government to its allies for more sophisticated air defense systems and longer-range weapons.The Russian attacks appeared to signal a significant escalation, raising pressure on the United States and other European countries that have been reluctant to provide Ukraine with the latest in military technology.
Within hours of the strikes, Zelensky held emergency phone calls with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss air defense and other military aid. Zelensky said he will address an emergency meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Tuesday. Even before the strikes Monday, the country’s top officials were loudly proclaiming the need to boost air defenses.Sunday after Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia that “we urgently need more modern air defense and missile defense systems to save innocent lives. I urge partners to speed up deliveries.”that “instead of talking we need air defense, MLRS, longer-range projectiles,” referring to multiple-launch rocket systems.
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