Israeli Iron Dome missile launch. File photoMOSCOW, June 8Ukraine wants to buy the Iron Dome missile defense system from Israel, while Kyiv does not need a «donation» of the air defense system, Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post reports, citing Ukrainian Ambassador Yevgeny Korniychuk .Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine will have modern air defense, which «will be even stronger than the Iron Dome.» He also noted that the Israeli air defense system is not suitable for Ukraine. «I want the Israeli government to get out of their comfort zone and returned to reality… We need Israel's help… I mean, we need military-technical support, we need the «Iron Dome», — quotes the edition of the ambassador.According to Korniychuk, Kyiv does not need to donate an air defense system. “We don’t need a donation, we want to buy it,” he said. The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly announced the destruction of Ukrainian air defense equipment, including American-made ones, during a special operation. The Politico newspaper in 2021 claimed that a number of members of the US Congress were included in the 2022 Defense Bill, an amendment that provides for the sale or transfer to Ukraine of 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. White House press secretary Jen Psaki did not confirm this information in September, citing a lack of data. said the head of the Ministry of Defense
