Zelenskyy pressures US and Europe for more ‘air defense’assistance amid ongoing war with Russia

Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyyis pressuring the U.S.and Europe to provide more missiles to help Ukraine defend against Russian attacks.

“Last night, Kyiv came under a massive Russian attack.Russia launched 68 missiles and 351 attack drones,” Zelenskyy noted in part of a Monday post on X.

President Donald Trump is slated to attend theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)summit in Ankara, Turkey, this week.

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Zelenskyy is calling for the U.S.and European allies to emerge from the meeting “with strong decisions in support of”Ukraine’s“air defense.”

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference after meetings with the heads of the EU and Ireland, in Dublin on July 1, 2026.(Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images)

“Our warriors performed well today in intercepting drones and cruise missiles, but unfortunately not Russian ballistic missiles.And the reason lies in the insufficient supply of interceptor missiles.It is critically important that the world – first and foremost the United States and our European partners – come out of the NATO Summit in Ankara with strong decisions in support of our air defense, and thus the protection of ordinary people’s lives,” he noted in the post.

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“As long as Patriot missiles remain in our allies’ stockpiles, Russia is only encouraged to keep ‘vanquishing’ residential buildings.The United States and Europe have enough strength to stop this terror,” he asserted.

Zelenskyy’s comments come amid the years-long war betweenRussiaand Ukraine.

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Large banners on an office complex near the Presidential Palace, the venue for the NATO summit, in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday, July 6, 2026.(Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Reutersreported that Zelenskyy, new South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, European Council President Antonio Costa ​and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to have dinner with NATO leaders on Tuesday.