President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky praises air defence forces

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday held a Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff meeting. Various issues and diverse defence aspects during the meeting, which lasted almost three hours.

The topics ranged from military concerns, veteran issues, brigade matters, fortifications, to weapon production. Ukraine is working now to implement all its arrangements with partners regarding new weapon production – joint production facilities and a shared repair base.

“The goal is to maximise Ukraine’s strength, with each month adding power to our defence,” the President said, in his nightly address to the nation.”

He continued, “I want to commend our sky defenders: in just one night, they destroyed 30 Shahed drones.

“A potent result. Overall, 104 Shahed drones out of the 112 used by Russia have been destroyed this week – most of them. Each destroyed drone means saved lives and preserved infrastructure.

“I express gratitude to all the warriors in our mobile fire groups, pilots, engineers of the Air Force, and all our anti-aircraft gunners. Well done!

This week also witnessed missile interceptions, including ballistic ones. Systems like Patriot, NASAMS, Gepard, and others provided by our partners are working excellently. I thank everyone worldwide who helps!

“We are preparing for further strengthening air defence – we have already reached agreements on this. The theme of air defence arises in almost every meeting and talk with world leaders. There will be more systems, more protection for the sky.”

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