The head of state also emphasized that our country needs more than 100 fighters to achieve equality with the Russian Federation.
Ukraine now has only a quarter of the necessary air defense capabilities. We also need more than a hundred aircraft to counter Russian aviation. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said this in an interview with AFP, Barron’s reports.
“Today we have about 25% of what we need to protect Ukraine I’m talking about air defense,” said the head of the country.
According to him, Russia currently has air superiority, which limits Ukraine’s ability to protect cities and the front line.
Ukraine needs modern fighters to achieve parity with Russia, Zelensky emphasized.
“To prevent Russia from gaining air superiority, our fleet must have 120-130 modern aircraft… to protect the skies from three hundred (Russian – ed.) aircraft,” the president said .
We remind you that the German defense concern Rheinmetall plans to open a joint production of air defense systems in Ukraine.
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