After the deaths of rescue workers in a Russian attack in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev criticized the West's hesitation in providing military aid to the country as completely unacceptable. “A new anti-aircraft system could fundamentally change the situation,” said Zelensky in his evening video message broadcast in Kiev on Thursday. He said he was grateful to every country that was looking for ways to help Ukraine. At the same time, he said: “It is completely unacceptable that so many countries in the world are still thinking about how they can counter terror when all it takes is a few political decisions.”
In order to better protect its cities from Russian attacks, Ukraine is demanding more anti-aircraft systems, such as the US Patriot type, almost every day. Stronger air defense for Kharkiv and the region of the same name, as well as the Sumy region and the southern regions, is an “absolutely urgent need,” Zelensky said.
The President recalled that one person died in a Russian drone attack on a residential area on Thursday; When the rescue workers arrived, there was a second air strike. Three emergency workers died. “This is a disgusting Russian tactic,” said Zelensky, who expressed his condolences to the victims’ families on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
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