President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a TV interview on Sunday that Ukraine received missiles for the national advanced anti-aircraft missile system (NASAMS) from the United States, The Guardian reports.

Volodymyr ZelenskyiPhoto: press service of the President of Ukraine / AP – The Associated Press / Profimedia

Speaking on the air of the American TV channel CBS, Zelensky thanked US President Joe Biden and confirmed that Ukrainians now have NASAMS air defense systems in the country.

The Pentagon announced ten days ago that two NASAMS systems should be delivered to Ukraine.

However, Zelensky insisted that much more is needed to protect Ukrainian citizens.

Zelenskyy said on CBS News’ Face The Nation:

  • “I want to thank President Biden for the positive decision that has already been implemented. And for the US Congress… we got NASAMS. It is about air defense systems. But believe me, this is far from enough to cover the civil infrastructure, schools, hospitals, universities, and homes of Ukrainians.”
  • “Why do we need this? We need security so that you can lure our Ukrainians home. If it’s safe, they’ll come back, settle, work here and pay taxes, and then we won’t have a $5 billion budget deficit. So it will be a positive moment for everyone.”

In the summer, the United States, which has already sent dozens of highly mobile HIMARS artillery missile systems to Ukraine, undertook to send two NASAMS air defense systems. However, it was not yet clear whether the NASAMS launchers are already in Ukraine.

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

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