In a high-stakes push to secure Ukraine’s skies, President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting US lawmakers to raise Kyiv’s urgent need for anti-ballistic missile support. During the meeting with Rep. Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Zelensky pressed for timely US assistance as Russia intensifies missile and drone attacks on Ukraine.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “We have a significant need for anti-ballistic missiles due to the constant Russian attacks. I sent a letter to the White House and the US Congress outlining Ukraine’s needs for such missiles. And today, I also personally handed this letter to the congressmen. We are counting on timely support,” Zelensky wrote in a post on X. In the letter, Zelensky warned that Moscow appears to be preparing to expand its aerial campaign, describing recent large-scale strikes as part of a possible systematic escalation. “We see many signs coming from Moscow that Russia is preparing to intensify its campaign of terror against Ukraine,” he wrote. President Zelensky also praised US support mechanisms, including the PURL program, which helps supply Patriot missiles funded by European partners, but warned that deliveries are not keeping pace with Ukraine’s battlefield needs. “For us – for a nation fighting for its survival – there is hardly anything more painful to see than Patriot batteries with no missiles loaded,” he wrote.