Ukranian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has urged his country's military allies to focus on air defence.
The Ukranian president said this in the Ramstein meeting via video, insisting that recent attacks by Russia showed Moscow was not ready to implement any realistic and effective peace proposals.
Addressing his country later on Friday night, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready to purchase additional air defence systems
Zelenskyy said he has already discussed this with President Donald Trump.
“Ukraine is not just asking – we are ready to buy appropriate additional systems,”; he said in his nightly address on Friday.
He said the government would also strengthen air defences with additional funds for electronic warfare.
Meanwhile a meeting between the US and Ukrainian officials on Friday on America's proposal to gain access to the country’s mineral wealth had no breakthrough.
A source, as reported by Reuters, said the prospects for a breakthrough were scant given the meeting’s “antagonistic”; atmosphere.
The Reuters report quoted the source as saying the strains in the Washington talks stemmed from the Trump administration’s “maximalist”; latest draft proposal, which is more expansive than the original version.
“The negotiating environment is very antagonistic.”;
A Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed the discussions, calling them “technical in nature”;.
