Germany sending more anti-air missiles to Ukraine helps, but EU must do more, Zelenskiy says
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday said Germany’s recent push to send more Patriot air defence missiles – a key need in the country’s war against Russia – were helpful, but asked EU leaders to do more and stick to their commitments.
“I ask you to accelerate the implementation of our agreements with you – both on supplies and joint production of weapons and ammunition, and on financing relevant projects”, Zelenskiy told EU leaders gathered in Brussels according to an EU official.
Zelenskiy: Ukrainian military attacked Russian airfield in occupied Crimea
Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian military had attacked a large Russian airfield in occupied Crimea and thanked his top military commander for staging the strike.
“Today, the Ukrainian armed forces carried out a precise strike on the occupiers in Dzhankoi, on an airfield,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.
“Thank you, warriors. Thank you for your accuracy. Thank you to commander-in-chief (Oleksandr) Syrskyi for organising this operation.”
The president expressed thanks to servicemen staging “special operations, especially important operations, extremely significant ones that destroy the equipment of the Russian army, their combat infrastructure”.
Dzhankoi lies in the northern part of the Crimea peninsula, seized and annexed by Russia in 2014. Unofficial sources in both Ukraine and Russia had earlier reported a series of explosions at the base.
