Zelensky's letter to Trump exposes crisis in Ukraine's air defense

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in a meeting in Florida this Sunday (28).
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a letter to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the American Congress warning of the serious shortage of air defense missiles in Ukraine, said a communications advisor for the Ukrainian government. The appeal comes amid threats from Russia to intensify attacks on the country.
Currently, the only equipment capable of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles used by Ukraine are the American interceptors of the Patriot air defense system.
The information was released by the Reuters news agency.
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Massive attack on Kiev
Russia launched dozens of drones and missiles against Ukraine over the weekend, causing the death of four people, leaving dozens injured and causing damage throughout the Ukrainian capital.
Among the weapons used, Russia employed an Oreshnik hypersonic missile, which, according to Moscow, can travel at ten times the speed of sound and has the capacity to carry nuclear warheads (read more below).
The offensive took place days after Moscow accused Kiev of attacking a vocational school in the Ukrainian region of Lugansk, occupied by Russia, causing the death of 21 people. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his army to respond to this attack.
Kiev resident watches burning building after Russian attack on Sunday (24)
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Russia had already asked foreign citizens and diplomats to leave Kiev earlier this month, when it threatened to launch massive attacks on the city center if Ukraine disrupted a military parade in Red Square.
Damage was recorded at 40 locations in several districts of the capital, including residential buildings, the head of Kiev's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said in a Telegram post.
A school building was damaged in an attack while people were sheltering there, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said. Local authorities reported that supermarkets and warehouses across the city were also damaged.
"It was a terrible night, and there has never been anything like it in the entire war," said Kiev resident Svitlana Onofryichuk, 55, who has worked at the stricken market for 22 years.
In the Shevchenko district, a five-story residential building was hit, causing a fire, and one person died, the state emergency service said. Ukraine.
Oreshnik Missile
This is the third time that the missile, capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads, has been used in Ukraine. Russia hit the town of Bila Tserkva in the Kiev region with the missile, Zelensky said. The target was not immediately clear.
Russia first used the Oreshnik, equipped with multiple warheads, against the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in November 2024. The missile was used a second time in January in the western region of Lviv.
President Vladimir Putin said the Oreshnik, which means "hazel" in Russian, travels at 10 times the speed of sound, or Mach 10, and is capable of destroying bunkers underground "three, four or more floors below."
The weapon travels "like a meteorite" and is immune to any anti-missile defense system, Putin said, adding that several of these missiles, even equipped with conventional warheads, could be as devastating as a nuclear attack. threatens Kiev with new attacks and asks foreigners to leave the city one day after large-scale bombing
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