Zelenskyy after night drone attack: air shield needs to be strengthened

12:44, 14.09.2024 1 min read

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday morning after the enemy's night attack by Shahed drones that Ukraine "needs more opportunities to strengthen the air shield."

"We need more opportunities to strengthen the air shield, air defense and long-range capabilities in order to continue to protect lives and our people. We are working on this with all of Ukraine's partners," the president's Telegram channel said.

He noted that on Saturday night the enemy launched more than 70 Shahed drones across Ukraine, but thanks to the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces, most were shot down.

"I thank the soldiers of the army aviation, mobile fire groups and air defense, who in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zhitomir, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kherson, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions defended Ukrainians all night. Thank you for protecting the sky!" the president summed up.