This is facilitated by warm, dry weather, which made most of the open areas of the terrain accessible to tanks,
The glide bombs that are currently used are hugely devastating,
The increased effectiveness of Russian air strikes does not appear to result from the use of more missiles and drones in each strike,
War is a physical human endeavour and you have a force that is utterly exhausted, not slightly fatigued,
Nice and quiet diplomacy didn’t work,
Electricity in the Kyiv region depends on [Trypilska],
This can only be stopped by air defence – by specific systems such as Patriot, IRIS-T, SAMP-T, NASAMS… Systems that you (Western countries – ed.) have. They are needed in Ukraine right now – needed to stop Putin from relying on terrorist methods,
When you’re sitting, say, in St. Petersburg, and you’re seeing the war only on TV, you will always be supportive. … But people start to get nervous when some facility [is attacked] near their house,
In reality, the damage done by those [anti-aircraft] missiles is a lot higher than the damage that would potentially be done by a drone,
Here in Ukraine, in our part of Europe, unfortunately, we don't have the level of defense that we saw recently in the Middle East,
I will sign this into law immediately to send a message to the world: 'We stand with our friends, and we won't let Iran or Russia succeed',
All lives are equally valuable."
I haven’t come to my senses fully yet, and I don’t understand everything that happened. The main thing for me is that my child in school was in a basement [shelter],
Unfortunately, Russia continues to engage in terrorist activity against civilians and civilian infrastructure as confirmed by this strike on Chernihiv once again,
People may be under the rubble,
Ukraine urgently needs more Patriot systems,
Ukraine’s partners have the necessary means to help us save Ukrainian lives with the same level of efficiency,
We need at least seven more Patriot batteries to protect our cities and economic centers from destruction,
In the Middle East, we saw what reliable protection of human lives from missiles looks like,
The search and rescue operation is underway,