Ukraine's Foreign Minister appeals to West following Russian strike on Kharkiv: Ukraine needs more air defence and permission to strike targets in Russia

Ukrainska Pravda
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that the best way to prevent more Russian strikes on Ukraine is to give it more air defence systems and a permission to use Western-supplied weapons to strike military targets in Russia.

Source: Dmytro Kuleba on X, as reported by European Pravda

Details: In a post following the Russian strike on the Epicentr home improvement hypermarket in Kharkiv on 25 May, Kuleba said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin can say anything he wants, but his actions speak louder than words.

"Ukraine’s partners can do two things to prevent these attacks. First, to give Ukraine more Patriot and other air defence systems. Second, to allow Ukraine to shoot down Russian military aircraft before they drop bombs on Kharkiv and other [Ukrainian] cities and populated areas," Kuleba wrote on X.

"Give Ukraine more air defence systems and support Ukrainian strikes on military targets in Russia. Act now," Kuleba said.

Background:

  • Russian forces struck an Epicentr home improvement hypermarket in Kharkiv on the afternoon of  Saturday, 25 May, killing two. Earlier, officials reported 24 casualties.

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that up to 200 people might have been at the store at the time of the attack.

  • Czechia’s Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said that the Russian strike on the Epicentr hypermarket in Kharkiv on 25 May proves that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is not interested in peace.

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