The conversation between the head of the Pentagon and the Minister of Defense of Ukraine after the Russian air strikes
Sunday evening news sources reported the conversation between the defense ministers of Ukraine and the United States after the escalation of Russian airstrikes on Ukraine. |
According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, at the same time as the Russian airstrikes on Ukraine escalated, news sources reported on Sunday evening, Tehran time, the conversation between the Minister of Defense of Ukraine and his American counterpart after the biggest drone attack. Russia informed the city of “Kiev”, the capital of Ukraine. /news/2023/11/26/7430454/”>Pravda” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Rostam Umerov had a telephone conversation with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin on Sunday evening Tehran time.
According to this report, Ukraine announced on Saturday the largest Russian drone attack on the country since the beginning of the war. Ukrainian officials said that after more than 70 Russian drones attacked Kiev in the past 24 hours, at least five people were injured.
This wave of drone attacks in In the early hours of Saturday, the air raid warning lasted for 6 hours. Following this attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said that five people were injured and damaged buildings in the city.
The US Department of Defense announced that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine spoke with the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, on the phone and the parties discussed the Russian air strikes.
In this phone conversation, Austin continued the missile attacks and The Russian drone condemned the cities and vital infrastructure of Ukraine.
After 20 months of the Russian invasion, the fatigue in the relations of the West with Ukraine, which is strongly fighting against Russia It relies on its allies for military, economic and humanitarian aid.
“Volodymyr Zelensky”, the president of Ukraine, in a speech on Saturday, asked for more arms aid from his Western supporters and from them under the pretext of protecting the export of grain for defense systems. He asked for more air.
According to “Reuters” news agency, Zelensky in a speech at the “Ukrainian Grains” summit, which was attended by senior officials of European countries, including “Alan Bresse”, The President of Switzerland and “Ingrid Simonit”, the Prime Minister of Lithuania claimed: “We have a lack of air defense and this is not a secret.”
In a development On Sunday, the Intelligence Unit of the British Ministry of Defense announced that Russia has transferred its strategic air defense systems from the strategic area of ”Kaliningrad” to the operational areas of Ukraine.
The British Ministry of Defense Intelligence has announced that with this action, Russia will eliminate the defense challenges of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the port city of Novorossiysk, which affects their ability to launch cruise missiles towards Ukraine.
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