EU chief diplomat stresses Ukraine’s urgent need for air defence systems after latest Russian missile attack

EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell. Photo: Getty Images

EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell has commented on Russia’s large-scale attack on Ukraine on 8 May, stressing that Ukraine urgently needs to strengthen its air defence systems.

Source: Borrell on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Borrell said the latest massive attack had added to the long list of war crimes committed by the Russian Federation.

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“Ukraine urgently needs adequate air defence systems,” he stressed.

He noted that strengthening Ukraine’s air defence and setting up a military assistance fund for Ukraine will take priority at the Foreign Affairs Council meeting for defence ministers.

Background: 

• On the night of 7-8 May, the Russian Federation fired 55 missiles and 20 Shahed drones on energy infrastructure facilities in Lviv, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts.

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