Additional air defense capabilities are the number one priority for Ukraine’s military right now, the country’s US defense attache Maj. Gen. Borys Kremenetskyi says after returning from a meeting at the Pentagon.
“It can be ground based air defense systems. It can be fighter jets, whatever possible,” he tells The Associated Press.
He says there are countries around the world that have Soviet-produced air defense systems that the Ukrainians already know how to operate. “The US government can also motivate those countries to provide us this equipment,” he said.
Ukraine has asked Israel to sell it Iron Dome air defense systems, but Jerusalem has refused the requests to avoid antagonizing Russia.
An Iranian Russian-made S-300 missile is displayed during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, on September 22,2017 in Tehran. (AFP/ str)
They also need additional anti-tank, anti-armor weapons and coastal defense capabilities to defend against Russian ships at the south.
He says Ukraine is grateful for the support it has gotten from the U.S. and its allies, which has allowed Ukraine to slow the Russian advance. “As combat is ongoing, we need more right now,” Kremenetskyi says. “So we try to work with our partners to have it as soon as possible.”
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