To defeat Russia, Ukraine needs high-precision long-range weapons of various types, as well as air defense systems.

Yuriy Ignat, the spokesman of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, told about this on the air of the national telethon.

Ignat notes that the list of weapons and military equipment that Ukraine has handed over to Western partners includes those items that are primarily needed by the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

"What do we need to win? To win, we need high-precision, long-range weapons of various types. This applies to artillery and operational-tactical complexes. Also air defense systems," he said.

Ignat added that part of the Ukrainian military is undergoing training in different countries for this purpose.

It is mostly about the USA

"The top of our dream is airplanes. It is clear that multi-purpose fighters are also long-range, maneuverable and mobile weapons that can perform many tasks: how to protect the airspace from air attacks, shoot down missiles, Shahed, - everything that is air targets , in addition to ballistics, and to strike at long distances on ground targets and thereby help Ukrainian troops to quickly de-occupy our territories," Ignat emphasized.

Weapons for Ukraine

Today, February 20, in Kyiv, Joe Biden announced a new 

military aid package worth 500 million dollars

.

The day before, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov told what long-range

 missiles 

Ukraine can get this year from Western partners.

At the same time, the adviser to the head of the President's Office Mykhailo Podolyak called on

"neutral" countries

to transfer weapons to Ukraine

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