President Zelensky will urge allies to strengthen Ukraine's air defenses at a crucial Ramstein meeting in Germany. Simultaneously, Ukraine reports progress in its counteroffensive against Russian forces in the Kursk region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky says he will urge allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany, while both sides said Kyiv’s forces pressed new attacks Sunday in Russia’s Kursk region. Russian shelling, meanwhile, killed at least one person and wounded another in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, local officials said.
Dozens of partner countries will participate in the meeting of the Ramstein group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday, Zelensky said, “including those who can help boost our capabilities not only to defend against missiles but also against guided bombs and Russian aviation.” “We will discuss this with them and continue to persuade them,” Zelensky said in his nightly address on Saturday. “The task remains unchanged: strengthening our air defense.” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III will attend the meeting, which originally had been scheduled for October with U.S. President Biden present. The session was postponed in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton striking the state of Florida. The Biden administration is pressing to send as much military aid as possible to Ukraine before Trump is sworn in Jan. 20. Trump claimed during his election campaign that he could end the nearly three-year war in one day, and his comments have raised questions over whether Washington will continue to be Ukraine’s biggest — and most important — military backer. Zelensky said last week that Trump is 'strong and unpredictable,” and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to the war. Russia controls about a fifth of Ukraine and last year advanced slowly in eastern areas despite high losses of troops and equipment. The war’s trajectory isn’t going in Ukraine’s favor, with the country shorthanded on the front line and in need of more support from its Western partners. In Ukraine's incursion in the Kursk region, Zelensky said Russian and North Korean troops had suffered heavy losses in fighting in Russia’s Kursk regio
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