Ukrainian President discusses “strengthening the air shield” with Canadian Prime Minister.
Volodymyr Zelensky had a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday about strengthening the “Ukrainian air shield,” he wrote on Telegram.
“First we talked about security issues. I informed Justin about the Russian attacks in our cities and villages: constant terror from rockets, attacks from Shahed,” the Ukrainian president specified. “On New Year’s Eve and the next day alone, our air defense forces managed to destroy more than 80 attack drones, but unfortunately, attacks that resulted in attacks also occurred in the Sumy, Odessa, Lviv, Poltava, Kiev, Donetsk and Kherson regions.” Damage to civilian property. »
“I am grateful to Justin for his willingness to help strengthen the defense of Ukrainian airspace, especially the provision of [missiles] Additional nasams (…). “I am also grateful for the assurance that Canada’s assistance to Ukraine will continue next year, both in terms of the battlefield needs of our forces and financially,” he added, without elaborating his interlocutor had promised him. Since the Russian offensive began, Canada has pledged to provide more than 1.3 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine.