President of Ukraine Zelensky promised children air defense better than the "Iron Dome"
Ukraine will create an air defense system that will be "stronger" than the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system, President Vladimir Zelensky said. He did not name specific deadlines for the implementation of the project, but noted the importance of completing the "construction of air defense" as soon as possible. Back in mid-February, the media reported that Israel refused to sell Iron Dome missile systems to Kiev. Air defense supplies from Germany will take several months.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with Ukrainian children in Poland and said that a modern air defense system (air defense) will be created in the country. According to RIA Novosti, he promised to make it
According to the politician, the Israeli system does not suit Ukraine - the area of Israel is much smaller than the area of Ukraine.
"It is important for us to build a modern air defense scheme. I want to build quickly," Zelensky stressed. When exactly Kiev intends to complete this project, he did not specify.
At the same time, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said that the transfer of the IRIS-T SLM air defense system to Ukraine could "take months."
The official explained the delay by the fact that the manufacturing company will supply weapons "directly to Ukraine." German media previously reported that it would be possible to start using German air defense in Ukraine no earlier than November 2022.
The German Defense Ministry reported that the air defense missiles and surveillance radars promised by Chancellor Olaf Scholz are not in the warehouses of the Bundeswehr. Therefore, you will have to get them from the manufacturer and coordinate them additionally.
According to military experts, now Ukraine most of all needs means of protection against sea- and air-based cruise missiles, as well as tactical ballistic missiles. Therefore, recently the Ukrainian authorities have regularly announced their intention to buy the Israeli tactical missile defense system "Iron Dome" (Iron Dome), developed by Rafael.
As the military observer of the Newspaper wrote earlier.En "Mikhail Khodarenok, this complex "really proved itself very positively in cases when it came to countering semi-artisanal rockets of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip - but how effective will this complex be against modern high-precision missiles?"
In turn, the head of the Department of the Institute of Social Sciences of the RANEPA Sergey Demidenko said "To the Newspaper.Ru" that Western countries expect Israel to supply the "Iron Dome" to Ukraine.
"The expectations of the West are reduced to the Iron Dome missile defense system. And the main direction of information work regarding Israel is to convince them to provide this system to Ukraine. But they won't do it because it's not their conflict," he believes.
The Israeli portal Ynet reported on February 15 that Israel refused to sell the Iron Dome missile defense system to Ukraine.
According to the publication, the United States "reacted with understanding to the decision of the Israeli government to be careful and not to escalate with Russia."
Peter Nikolaev
