Published on
27/05/2026 - 16:47 GMT+2
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to provide more ammunition for its Patriot air defence systems to counter Russian ballistic missiles, according to a document reviewed by the AFP news agency on Wednesday.
The appeal underscores Ukraine's almost total reliance on its Western allies to down Russian missile barrages, despite having pioneered a system for intercepting long-range drones that is the envy of some of the world's most advanced militaries.
The request comes just days after one of the worst combined missile and drone attacks launched against Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine more than four years ago, which wrought devastation across the capital.
