Zelensky to press Trump on air defences while in Washington
Zelensky to press Trump on air defences while in Washington - Published Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is due to hold important talks with US President...
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- Zelensky to press Trump on air defences while in Washington - Published Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is due to hold important talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House, where he is hoping to firm up commitments to bolstering Kyiv's anti-ballistic missile defences.
- Zelensky has arrived in the US at a significant stage in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, with Moscow's mayor saying the capital was targeted by 390 drones in a matter of hours overnight.
- Russia has escalated deadly ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine's capital recently, and Zelensky has said interceptors are urgently needed.
- Kyiv has described Iran as a "direct accomplice to Russian aggression against Ukraine" and Zelensky has said Ukrainian intelligence has evidence that Russia has shared satellite imagery with Tehran, enabling Iran to attack US military facilities and Gulf states.
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Zelensky to press Trump on air defences while in Washington - Published Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is due to hold important talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House, where he is hoping to firm up commitments to bolstering Kyiv's anti-ballistic missile defences. Zelensky has arrived in the US at a significant stage in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, with Moscow's mayor saying the capital was targeted by 390 drones in a matter of hours overnight. Russia has escalated deadly ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine's capital recently, and Zelensky has said interceptors are urgently needed. Kyiv has described Iran as a "direct accomplice to Russian aggression against Ukraine" and Zelensky has said Ukrainian intelligence has evidence that Russia has shared satellite imagery with Tehran, enabling Iran to attack US military facilities and Gulf states. Trump has said he will "find out if that's true. Meanwhile, in Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said more than 390 Ukrainian drones had targeted the region between 20:30 on Monday and 06:30 on Tuesday local time, and that most had been intercepted by air defences.