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Zelensky invokes Israel to ask NATO for 7 Patriot anti-missile systems

Ukrainian President said today that his country, under constant Russian attacks and invasion, needs seven Patriot or similar anti-missile defense systems from NATO countries, criticizing the little support received compared to Israel.

Zelensky invokes Israel to ask NATO for 7 Patriot anti-missile systems
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17:47 - 19/04/24 por Lusa

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In a message on the social network Telegram, Volodymyr Zelensky left a set of demands to ensure the safety of his country's skies: "Seven more MIM-104 Patriots or similar, this is the minimum we need. They can save many lives and will really change the situation. You have them."

The publication was accompanied by a video of the Ukrainian President's speech today at a videoconference meeting with the Defense Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, in which he strongly criticized the difference in treatment compared to Israel, which last weekend almost completely repelled an attack by Iran with hundreds of 'drones' and ballistic missiles thanks to Israeli anti-missile systems and support from NATO countries, especially the United States.

"The difference in the determination to protect some lives to the detriment of others is so strange, on one side it is stronger, on the other it is weak, on one side the Shahed-139 [Iranian 'drones'] are shot down, on the other they can fly freely and fulfill their trajectory of terror", criticized Zelensky.

The Ukrainian president added that "people have equal dignity".

"Israel was not left alone and practically all the missiles and 'drones' [unmanned aircraft] fired were neutralized", stressed the Ukrainian head of state.

The action of several NATO countries to assist Israel last weekend also "destroyed several myths", argued Zelensky.

Namely, the "myth that NATO actions in defense of a third country involve NATO in the war", adding that "in the Middle East it was not necessary to invoke Article 5".

"Ukraine is not asking you to send your soldiers", he stressed, pointing the finger at the lack of assistance, considering it "very limited".

"And we are still waiting for support from the United States... The support of the United States has been questioned for too long and this is tempting for [Vladimir] Putin", Russian President, he lamented on the eve of a vote in the US Congress of a military aid package to Ukraine valued at more than 60 billion dollars (about 57 billion euros).

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