Zelensky urges Blinken for US help to defend Ukraine by air - The Times

President Zelensky has said air defences need to be strengthened around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, as Russia targets the surrounding region in a new offensive.

Zelensky told Antony Blinken, the United States secretary of state, that Ukraine needs at least two air defence batteries for the northeastern city, which is being pummelled by drone and missile strikes.

Speaking on an unannounced visit to Kyiv, the capital, Blinken said a new donation of American weapons had already started arriving in Ukraine, with more supplies on the way.

President Zelensky met Antony Blinken, the United States secretary of state, during the latter’s unannounced visit to Kyiv

Zelensky said he appreciated the “crucial” military support, but stressed that his country’s biggest deficit was now in air defence. “Civilians, warriors, everybody — they are under Russian missiles,” Zelensky said, adding that he had requested two US-made Patriot

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