President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. File photoMOSCOW, June 1Vladimir Zelensky promised to create a modern air defense system in Ukraine. «Of course, a modern air defense system will be built, built even stronger than an iron dome, because the country of Israel is powerful, but small and their system is not suitable for us. It is important for us to build a modern air defense system. I want to build it quickly,» Zelensky said while talking to children who are temporarily in Poland.
Germany will supply Kyiv with the IRIS-T air defense system, he did not specify when it is planned to build such a system. The Russian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly announced the destruction of Ukrainian air defense systems, including American-made ones, during a special operation. Politico newspaper in 2021 claimed that a number of members of the US Congress included an amendment in the 2022 defense bill that provides for the sale or transfer of giving Ukraine new air and missile defense systems, including the Iron Dome batteries purchased from Israel. Aleksey Arestovich, who then served as press secretary of the Kyiv delegation in the contact group on Donbass, stated that the Iron Dome would help protect critical infrastructure facilities and increase the combat capability of the Ukrainian army. Jen Psaki, then White House press secretary, did not confirm this information in September, citing a lack of data. who will destroy him
