Ukraine's Zelensky: It is 'absurd' that production of missile defense arms cannot meet demand
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July 7 ------ President Volodymyr Zelensky lamented a shortage of arms to defend Ukraine against Russian ballistic missiles on Monday and said it was "absurd" that production could not meet demand to protect people.
"It is simply absurd that, in the modern world, production has still not been scaled up to the level actually required to protect people from ballistic terror," he said in his nightly video address.
Zelensky said Ukraine had the know-how to produce the weapons and if it received U.S. licenses to manufacture U.S. Patriot systems "our production would be sufficient not only to defend Ukraine but also to assist partners who need them.
Source: reuters.com
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