Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wants the West's unused Patriot air defense batteries. Kiev received its first Patriot batteries last summer, but the three it now has are not enough to defend the entire country against increasing Russian air attack.
Western aid has declined in recent months - particularly from the United States, Ukraine's biggest donor, where Republicans in Congress have been blocking a package worth around $60 billion proposed by President Biden for months. The challenges facing Kulesba in his current campaign are emblematic of Ukraine's dilemma in this future war: the country's survival still depends on arms supplies from its partners, but few of those partners seem to feel the urgency to understand, he said. Kuleska: "I'm sorry to spoil the birthday celebration, but who can believe that the most powerful military alliance in the world is unable to defeat seven patriotic Find batteries to provide to the only country in theworld that fights ballistic attacks every day?" He said he hoped his new style of tougher diplomacy would make a breakthrough.