The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, appealed to the leaders of the G7 countries with a request to provide medium and long-range air defense and anti-missile defense systems.
Air shield for Ukraine. This is part of the security guarantees that are an element of our world formula. When Ukraine receives a sufficient number of modern and effective air defense systems, the key element of Russian terror - missile strikes - will stop working," he said on Tuesday, speaking via video link at the summit of the G7 countries.
"I thank Germany and Chancellor Scholz personally for expediting the delivery of IRIS. Thanks to the USA and personally to President Biden for the decision to provide modern anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems. And we believe, Mr. President, that these will be medium and long-range systems that will allow us to create an echeloned defense system," he said.
Zelenskiy thanked everyone who has already helped us secure our air defense system, which allows us to neutralize part of Russian missiles and drones. But! Only "Shahidov" Russia ordered 2,400 from Iran - according to our intelligence."
"And therefore, dear Mr. Chancellor, dear President of the United States, it is important that we have a sufficient number of missiles in the air defense and anti-missile systems provided and that these systems are integrated with our defense system," Zelenskiy said.
He requested "tomorrow in the format of Ramstein, that our defense ministers discuss this."
"Mr. President of France! Mr. Prime Minister of Italy! We are very much looking forward to the delivery of SAMP-T systems. And if it is possible, they will be needed in the coming months," Zelenskiy said.