- U.S. President Joe Biden promised continued security assistance “including advanced air defense systems” to Ukraine late on Monday, following Russian missile attacks targeting civilians and energy infrastructures.
- Biden spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to express “his condemnation of Russia’s missile strikes across Ukraine,” according to a White House statement after the call.
- On his Telegram channel, Zelenskyy called air defense “the No.
- Kyiv has been asking for more air defense weapons for weeks.
- Air defense is likely to be the main issue at hand later this week during the next so-called “Ramstein format” meeting of the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group, where senior defense officials from across the globe will gather in Brussels.
- This will protect our cities and our people.