After Ukraine failed to shoot down a single ballistic missile fired by Russia on Wednesday, the president urged allies to increase supplies of Patriot interceptors
Nato is working to get Ukraine the air defences it “urgently needs”, its secretary general has said, after Kyiv failed to shoot down a single Russian missile in an attack on Wednesday, and as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Moscow was seeking to significantly boost missile production ahead of winter.
Speaking at a National Security and Defense Council meeting on winter resilience, the Ukrainian president did not rule out the idea that stalling missile supplies from western allies were “aimed at making Ukraine, so to speak, more willing to compromise” in peace talks with Russia.
I hope they get those interceptors.
But more than that, I hope they get the tools to shut down the production of Iskander-M launchers or 9M723 missiles.
Missile defense is necessary (to preserve very important objects), but financially unsound. Destroying the opponent’s missile supply is financially sound.
I hope Russia doesn’t make and store them underground like Iran. Which anyone with sense would do, unfortunately.
If it does and production cannot be stopped, the next best thing is to hit back with similar tools.