Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed that one of many goals of the Russian drone provocation over Poland could have been to gradual the supply of air defence techniques to Ukraine.

Supply: Zelenskyy at a joint press convention with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Kyiv, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Zelenskyy argued that the incursion of Russian drones into Poland through Ukrainian and Belarusian territory was deliberate and definitely not a coincidence.

"Russia wished to see what would occur – what companions have been prepared for, what NATO was prepared for. Then they checked out what companions have been bodily ready for – whether or not they have been prepared for such an assault," the Ukrainian president defined.

"Thirdly – in my opinion, they could even have achieved this to discourage companions from transferring air defence techniques to Ukraine forward of the winter. As a result of they confirmed, ‘we will assault you too; you want them as effectively.’ That’s very very like Putin. That’s simply my opinion – I can’t make certain; I’m solely sharing my ideas," Zelenskyy mentioned.

He additionally drew parallels between this provocation and the way the occupation of Crimea started in 2014.

Background: As well as, through the briefing, the president proposed joint financing and manufacturing tasks for interceptor drones to Ukraine’s companions and hinted that, given its expertise, Ukraine ought to already be built-in into Europe’s "japanese air defence defend".

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