‘Well done, I am proud,’ President Zelensky said, praising air defence systems which appeared to have shot down all 13 drones
Ukrainian forces shot down 13 Russian drones over the capital Kyiv on Wednesday and two administrative buildings were damaged, officials said, as Washington considered sending its advanced Patriot air defence system to Ukraine.
Ukrainian air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said the attack was deliberately timed for when it was dark to make it harder to shoot the drones down, but that Ukrainian air defence systems had been effective.“Well done, I am proud,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a brief video message, praising the air defence systems which he said appeared to have shot down all the drones.PATRIOT DECISION
In Washington, officials told Reuters an announcement on a decision on providing the system could come as soon as Thursday. The Patriot is usually in short supply, with allies around the world vying for it. It said in the past 24 hours in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions “the enemy launched 1 air and 11 missile strikes, 3 of them on the civilian infrastructure … launched more than 60 attacks from multiple rocket launchers.”
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