At a briefing in Vilnius, Polish President Andrzej Duda said Poland could transfer Soviet-made anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine.
In Vilnius, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky met with the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda. The leaders discussed preparations for the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, a bilateral agreement on security and cooperation regarding Ukraine’s future membership in the EU and NATO, after which Duda promised Soviet-made anti-aircraft missiles in Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the President of Ukraine on Thursday, April 11.
Zelensky thanked Poland for its continued support to Ukraine and defense assistance, noted the country’s participation in the Czech initiative to obtain ammunition for Ukraine and spoke about Russian attacks on energy facilities and the difficult situation in Kharkov.
“Ukraine is suffering more and more from Russian missile terror. Every day infrastructure is destroyed and people are killed. Therefore, we need increased support from partners, especially air defense,” the President of Ukraine emphasized.
At a briefing in Vilnius, Polish President Andrzej Duda said Poland could transfer Soviet-made anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine.
“Today, in a bilateral meeting, President Volodymyr Zelensky and I discussed some stockpiles of missiles that we still have from the Soviet era. And we discussed the possibility of transferring them to Ukraine to provide air defense for Ukraine. I will speak to my defense minister when I return to Poland,” he said.
Duda added: The Patriot systems deployed in Poland were deployed by the US Army, and Poland also has systems deployed by the British Armed Forces.
“And let me also remind you that in all the states in neighboring Ukraine, which experienced the Russian aggression, in Poland that the Russian missile caused damage and arrived. And it was in Poland that the missiles of Russia violated our airspace,” Duda emphasized, adding, that the above systems protect Polish skies.
Earlier it became known that Ukraine and Latvia signed a security agreement. Riga has made a 10-year commitment to support our country.
Source: korrespondent
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