Zelensky: We are constantly strengthening our air defense

“We are constantly strengthening our air defense and anti-drone defense. And we are doing everything to get more modern and more powerful systems for Ukraine. This week we have made important progress on the air defense issue,” he said in his video address, Ukrinform reports.

Zelensky also said that the situation in Donbas and other areas on the frontline was discussed in detail at the Staff meeting today.

“There is no calm on the frontline. There is nothing easy and simple. Every day and every meter is given extremely hard. Especially where the entire tactic of the occupiers boils down to the destruction of everything in front of them with artillery, so that only bare ruins and craters in the ground remain,” Zelensky said.

At the same time, the President told about the development certain agreements that will strengthen defense capabilities and give more operational opportunities to Ukraine.

Zelensky also thanked service members for their courageous defense of the state.

As Ukrinform reported, the Russian invaders on December 14 launched 13 Shahed kamikaze drones against Ukraine, all of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces.

Earlier, the Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov said that Patriot air defense systems could appear in Ukraine “at the next stage of the war.”

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