I paid tribute to the warriors who fell defending and liberating the village of Moshchun. It is both important and right to honour the heroes who protected the Kyiv region and our entire state.
We remember and will always be grateful to our warriors for their heroism and bravery. They achieved the most important thing – they gave our children the chance to live in a free Ukraine. We continue the fight to ensure that this war ends justly.
Europe must finally equip itself with real strength, real ability to defend its skies, its land, and its sea against any type of attack. In particular, this means building sufficient air defense production capacity — both against drones and against ballistic missiles.
The situation in the Middle East shows how difficult it is to provide one hundred percent protection against missiles and “shahed” drones. Even in the Gulf countries, which have more advanced air defense systems than those provided to us so far by our partners and have them in larger quantities, not all ballistic missiles are intercepted. There were also “shaheds” that air defense in the region has not stopped.
Everyone can now see that Ukraine’s experience in defense is, in many respects, irreplaceable. We are ready to share this experience and help those nations that helped Ukraine this winter and throughout this war. We are ready to work on developing Europe’s shared defensive capabilities. Europe must have enough air defense missiles, enough experience in shooting down drones, and sufficient production of modern interceptor drones. Together, we can make this happen.
Thank you to everyone working to strengthen the power of a united Europe.