Ukraine's Zelenskiy warns of dwindling air defence missiles
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks at a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File PhotoKYIV -Ukraine could run out of air defence missiles if Russia keeps up its intense long-range bombing campaign, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned in remarks aired on Saturday.
Zelenskiy, who has been appealing to allies for weeks to rush in more air defences, said that Ukraine had enough stockpiles to cope for the moment, but that it was already having to make difficult choices about what to protect. Two Russian missile and drone strikes, one in the early hours of Saturday and a second in the afternoon, killed eight people and wounded at least 10 more people in northeastern Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.
Zelenskiy said he still believed that a major aid package would be approved by Congress where it has been stuck in deliberations since late last year facing determined Republican opposition.Asked by the interviewer about the possibility of Ukraine receiving the package in the form of a loan, he said:"We will agree to any options."
The interview was recorded next to a military fortification in northeastern Chernihiv region, which borders Russia.
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