“It is not easy, but all of this will happen,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, as Ukraine ramped up efforts to secure air-defense missiles and domestic weapons production agreements. “We continue working to secure air defense for Ukraine... and agreements for production in Ukraine,” Zelensky said in his evening address.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The president pointed to technologies once considered unattainable for Kyiv – including F-16 fighter jets, advanced missiles and the annual production of millions of drones – as proof that Ukraine can deliver on ambitious defense goals. He expressed similar confidence in securing anti-ballistic capabilities and additional Patriot systems. But Zelensky warned that political delays carry a human cost. “Every delay, which unfortunately exists at the political level, simply takes lives,” he said, urging international partners to move faster. Strengthening defenses against Russian ballistic missiles remains one of Kyiv’s top priorities. Ukraine is seeking additional Patriot systems and interceptors, production licenses for anti-ballistic capabilities and expanded contributions to the PURL weapons-purchasing program. Kyiv’s longer-term goal is not only to obtain Western air-defense systems, but to expand production of critical defensive weapons inside Ukraine.