Ukrainian cities, critical infrastructure and the country’s defense industry are among Russia’s primary targets in an escalating campaign of missile and drone strikes that President Volodymyr Zelensky now calls the Kremlin’s “final argument” in its war on Ukraine. In an earlier Telegram post on Wednesday, Zelensky argued that sustained Western backing could help force Moscow towards diplomacy.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Ballistics are Russia’s final argument in this war, and we need to find sufficient countermeasures. I thank our partners and [NATO Secretary General] Mark Rutte that the PURL program exists and is working. There were contributions in May. There will be contributions in June as well. Today, we discussed how we can speed up and increase supplies within this key program.” He also thanked Ukraine’s partners already in joint production projects, which he said are helping finance the expansion of Ukraine’s arms manufacturing. “We discussed with the NATO Secretary General some additional measures that can give Ukraine more long-term financial security guarantees. We will continue this work at the G7 summit and at the NATO summit in Ankara.” First NATO-Ukraine Council meeting in Kyiv Hosting the first-ever meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in Kyiv, Zelensky characterized the high-level presence of ambassadors and defense officials as a deliberate signal of unity from Europe, the US, Canada, and other partners.