Zelenskyy will discuss Ukraine support and air defenses with European leaders in Paris
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy He was in Paris on Monday to meet two dozen European leaders helping the fight in Kiev invasion of RussiaThe war is now entering its fifth year.
European foreign ministers are also meeting separately in Brussels and were expected to address this issue. Ukraine’s needs And Russia’s threats to the continent.
Both Kyiv and its European supporters want to return home Ukraine’s latest achievements and forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the conflict despite Moscow’s unwillingness compromise despite a year-long peace effort by the Trump administration.
of Ukraine developments in drone technology Analysts and Western officials say this has given him an advantage in recent months. They say attacks on supply routes behind the front line have made the Russian army lose momentum on the battlefield and make its advance slow and costly.
Kyiv forces especially Material targeted for CrimeaIt triggered the worst fuel crisis on the Black Sea peninsula since Russia illegally annexed it in 2014, dealing a blow to the Kremlin’s narrative that Moscow had won the war.
Zelenskyy is keen to move quickly on plans to jointly develop anti-ballistic air defense systems with European countries that could help stop Russia’s devastating attacks on Ukraine’s power grid.
Speaking on social media on Monday after the latest attacks in Ukraine overnight, Zelenskyy said, “Everyone in the world sees that Ukraine needs more air defense and more security of life.” he said.
US President Donald Trump’s promise last week Granting Ukraine a license to produce Patriot air defense systems could be a major breakthrough for Kiev. But experts and Ukrainian officials warn that it could take years to turn the idea into real weapons.
European leaders show commitment to Ukraine
The so-called meeting in Paris Coalition of VolunteersAround 25 heads of state and government were expected to attend the meeting, which brought together more than 30 countries that support Ukraine.
The very high number of leaders appeared to be an indication of long-term commitment to Ukraine and a warning to Russia. Moscow tests Europe’s resilience.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced on Monday that Russia will summon its ambassador to France and impose sanctions against Russian hackers. He told BFMTV-RMC that the matter was related to “a broad cyber campaign for sabotage and espionage carried out by Russia in approximately 10 European countries.”
Ukraine’s neighbors also felt the impact of the war.
In the latest incident, a drone launched during Russia’s overnight attacks on Ukraine’s Odesa region fell on Moldovan territory and exploded, the Moldovan Foreign Ministry said on Monday. It was stated that the incident was “serious and unacceptable”.
Zelenskyy was traveling to the French capital following the death of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of Kiev. most loyal supporters In Washington and in the middle major and incomplete change of his government, which saw the resignation of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on Sunday.
Ukraine fired more than 300 drones at Moscow
Ukraine targets targets deep within Russia with its domestically developed long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles; This equals and sometimes exceeds the number of drones used in relentless Russian air strikes.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian air defenses had shot down 350 Ukrainian drones heading towards Moscow since late Sunday, 50 of which were near the capital.
Andrei Vorobyov, head of the region around Moscow, said 81 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight.
Vorobyov said that three people were killed and three others were injured in the Ukrainian attack on the Pionersky settlement just outside Istra in the western part of the Moscow region. He said five private houses were set on fire.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 134 long-range attack aircraft and three guided aviation missiles into Ukraine. It was stated that air defense shot down or stopped all missiles and 123 UAVs, and six UAVs caused damage at five points.
More than 70 people were hospitalized in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia after a series of recent Russian attacks damaged 11 apartment blocks, according to the head of the military administration, Ivan Fedorov.
Russia says it blocked major drone operation in Ukraine
Russia’s Federal Security Service, the country’s main internal security agency, said it had foiled a plan for a drone attack on Ukrainka air base in Ukraine’s far eastern Amur region and Shagol air base in the Chelyabinsk region in the southern Urals.
The agency said the small drones were smuggled into Russia’s western Bryansk region using weather balloons and larger transport drones and then driven by Ukrainian agents to a location near air bases.
The agency said it arrested Ukrainian agents and their accomplices and seized 24 UAVs. It was stated that the plan in question was part of a series of planned drone attacks against military infrastructure that were “unprecedented in terms of scale and threat level”.
The codename was for an undercover operation in Ukraine that took place about a year ago. Operation Spider WebAlmost a third of Moscow’s strategic bomber fleet was destroyed or damaged by drones sneaking into Russian territory, according to Ukrainian officials.
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