Ukraine announced on Monday that it has received new air defense systems from the US, Spain and Norway to counter Russia’s massive bombing of Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

“NASAMS and Aspide air defense systems have arrived in Ukraine! These weapons will significantly strengthen the Ukrainian army and make our skies safer. We will continue to shoot down the enemies who attack us. We thank our partners: Norway, Spain and the USA,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Twitter .

Ukraine has been pressing the West for modern air defense systems as Moscow has stepped up its attack on energy infrastructure, causing massive blackouts.

In late September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced that Ukraine had received missiles for the National Advanced Anti-Aircraft Missile System (NASAMS) from the United States, after the United States also sent dozens of highly mobile HIMARS artillery missile systems there. Kyiv .

National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) is a Norwegian-American mobile anti-aircraft missile complex for combating aerodynamic targets at low and medium altitudes, a short- and medium-range air defense system.

NASAMS, a ground-to-air system developed by Raytheon Technologies (USA) and Kongsberg (Norway), is used in 12 countries around the world, including a number of member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance (USA, Norway, the Netherlands, Spain). , Lithuania and Hungary), reports umbrella-strategic.ro.

NASAMS includes the Sentinel radar, Fire Distribution Center command center, and AMRAAM, AMRAAM ER, and AIM 9X Sidewinder Block II interceptor missiles.

A year ago, the American military giant Raytheon offered Romania this short- and medium-range surface-to-air air defense system.