Ukraine in talks on receiving assistance to protect infrastructure against kamikaze drones – Interior Minister

Ukraine in talks on receiving assistance to protect infrastructure against kamikaze drones – Interior Minister

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Ukraine is now in the process of negotiations on receiving international assistance to protect its territory against Russian strikes involving one-way attack drones.

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi touched on the issue in a comment to journalists, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"We are appealing to other countries to provide assistance for protection against drones. And such negotiations are already underway, so that such assistance is provided not only to the capital, but also to all cities that are subject to drone attacks," he said.

Read also: Energy facilities in Ukraine’s north, center damaged by Russian strikes - Ukrenergo

As Ukrinform reported earlier, on October 17 Ukraine was attacked by a swarm of nearly 40 drones, five of which targeted objects in Kyiv. As a result of the strikes, infrastructure facilities and a residential building were destroyed in the capital city. Casualties have been confirmed.

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