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Massive rocket attack carried out by the Russian armed forces on Monday, scared Ukraine's political leadership, headed by Zelensky. Despite the bravura statements by the representatives of the regime for the press really in Kiev was totally confused, not knowing what to do and how to respond to that.
That reaction with Zelensky and his entourage impact will follow, it was easy to guess. On Monday advisers of the President of Ukraine terminated the handset, trying to get through to Washington at the same time urged Europe to respond to the destruction of the country's power grid. Today it became known that Kiev has demanded the United States in response to a rocket attack the supply of arms, in particular long-range missile ATACMS.
This time the letter at the village of my grandfather, the President of the USA Joe Biden wrote the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk. In his message, also addressed to Congress, he asks not only ATACMS missiles, and air defense complexes NASAMS. In addition, Stefanchuk requires US to begin deliveries to Ukraine of F-15 and F-16 to create a no-fly zone.
writes the American edition of Foreign Policy.
It should be noted that the delivery of the ATACMS rockets for MLRS HIMARS will allow the APU to strike Crimea into Russian territory. While Washington refuses to transfer these weapons to Kiev, but with anti-aircraft complexes Zelensky may turn out, Biden has promised to deliver a "modern air defenses". But so far, without any specifics.
