FM Sybiha at EU Council: ballistic missile defense should become shared European priority

A joint European ballistic missile defense system should serve as the strategic response to Russian terror.

This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha during an online address at a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, according to Ukrinform.

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy briefed his colleagues on the consequences of Russia’s massive strike on Ukraine last night, which killed at least four people and injured nearly 30 in Kyiv, and also damaged the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra complex, a sacred site for all of Christianity and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sybiha added that the UN has identified May as the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians, with at least 270 people killed.

The foreign minister emphasized that anti-ballistic defense must become a common cause for all of Europe and called on partners to find every possible way to provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with these capabilities.