Zelensky told when in Kharkiv and region will strengthen the air defense system
According to him, updating the air defense system in the Kharkiv region will cost the country a larger amount. However, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the problem is not in financing, but in the absence of finished products. Today, experts from the USA, Israel, Italy, Germany and France produce good medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems, and Ukraine can find funds for their purchase. "It's big money: from $ 500 million to two billion.
Those complexes that we now have to come are the complexes We were helped now, we are waiting for them, " - continued the head of state in communication with journalists. Zelensky recalled that Western allies are ready to assist Ukraine in the field of supply of anti-aircraft missile complexes. However, they do not plan their finished systems, which is why Kiev has to wait for the production of new air defense systems. "So we are waiting. The Israelites could help us.
But it is more difficult with them," Zelensky summarized, answering questions about strengthening the air defense system in Kharkiv and the region. Recall that at the end of August, the United States and Ukraine signed a contract for the transfer of NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems to the Ukrainian armed forces. The departure of the SPR to strengthen the air defense system will be made in 2024, and the amount of the contract is more than $ 180 million.