Slovakia has donated S-300 anti-aircraft missile defence system to Ukraine just days after Russia warned the supply would be a legitimate target.
Volodymyr Zelensky had made a desperate appeal for ‘weapons, weapons, weapons’ this week to help repel the Russian military onslaught now in its second week.
When he spoke to US lawmakers last month, the Ukrainian president mentioned S-300s by name when he pleaded for defence systems that would allow Ukraine to ‘close the skies’ to Kremlin warplanes and missiles.
Prime Minister Eduard Heger said today: ‘I can confirm that Slovakia donated the S-300 air defence system to Ukraine based on its request to help in self defence due to armed aggression from the Russian Federation.’
The delivery comes as Russia carried out another savage attack today, killing at least 39 evacuating civilians including four children at a railway station in east Ukraine.
Russian troops have now withdrawn from the main cities in the centre of the country and are refocusing their efforts on the Donbas
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Source: Daily Mail
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