President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that he discussed with partners, particularly the United States, the possibility of granting Ukraine licences to manufacture air defence systems and missiles for them.

Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Zelenskyy reported that Russia has carried out hundreds of strikes on Ukrainian cities and villages in the past week alone, using almost 700 aerial bombs and over 600 loitering munitions.

Therefore, he stressed the importance of partners fulfilling the agreements already made.

"The decisions of the NATO summit in Washington, as well as those made at the Ramstein meetings on air defence for Ukraine, have not yet been fully implemented," the president said.

Zelenskyy stressed that he had talked to partners, particularly the United States, about the possibility of granting Ukraine licences to produce air defence systems and missiles for them.

"There is nothing impossible in this and it will only enhance our collective ability to ensure security. This is the kind of strength that makes lasting peace achievable," he concluded.

Background: 

• On 9 January, Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umierov met with his Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto to discuss, among other things, missiles for air defence systems that Italy could provide to Ukraine.
• On the same day, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced plans to provide Ukraine with interceptor missiles for the IRIS-T air defence system soon.

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