1590 день війни. Звернення Володимира Зеленського до українців

Russia has no argument left for its war other than its ballistic missiles. Putin still intends to “vanquish” residential buildings rather than end this war. And this can be countered both through sufficient supplies of anti-ballistic systems and through much faster work to develop Europe’s own anti-ballistic capabilities. In the coming days, there will be a NATO Summit and other formats, and this is exactly what should become one of the key outcomes: air defense. If, of course, NATO still means anything to the Allies. Europe must have its own sufficient capability to defend itself against all types of threats, including this one – Russian ballistic missiles. We have been discussing licenses for the production of Patriots with the U.S. Administration for a long time already. I want to thank all the countries helping through the PURL program, which enables us to purchase interceptors, specifically for Patriots. However, to reliably protect lives, we need our own production. European production here in Ukraine, or jointly with our partners, would, of course, also support the U.S. in operations whenever needed. We hope for a positive response from President Trump to protect lives. I also thank everyone who has expressed condolences to our state today, everyone who has not remained silent, and who condemns Russian terror.