The United States reacted to Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s energy sector

Ukraine needs more air defense and interception capabilities to defend against Russian missiles. White House Representative Karine Jean-Pierre said this on Thursday, April 11, commenting on the latest mass attack by Russian troops on Ukraine’s energy sector in briefing.

Russia carried out another major series of air attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid overnight as Vladimir Putin continues to try to demoralize the Ukrainian people and plunge them into darkness. Russia hit the largest power plant in the Kyiv region, as well as energy facilities in five other regions of Ukraine. How “As President Zelensky has said in recent days, Ukraine needs more air defense and interception capabilities to protect its people and critical infrastructure from Russian missiles and drones supplied by Iran,” he said.

A White House spokesman called on the US House of Representatives to take immediate action to pass a bipartisan national security bill so the United States can send more air defense systems to Ukraine.

“Speaker Mike Johnson and I need to bring this bill to the floor because we know that we’re obviously going to get overwhelming support from Republicans and Democrats. So we need to see a vote pass overwhelmingly in the Senate. . Attacks in Ukraine in the past 24 hours are another terrible reminder that the situation in Ukraine is critical,” stressed Karine Jean-Pierre.