“Air raid sirens have sounded almost daily across Ukraine this week. Last night, our air defense forces managed to shoot down around fifty attack drones,” Zelensky wrote on the Telegram channel on Sunday, sharing a video showing Russian attacks across the country.

Kyiv Independent recalls that on November 21, Russia also targeted Ukraine with a new medium-range ballistic missile (IRBM), called “Oreshnik”, and on this occasion, Zelensky declared in the same message that his country does not is not a weapons testing ground. .

“Ukraine is not a weapons testing ground. Ukraine is a sovereign and independent country. Nevertheless, Russia persists in its attempts to destroy our people, to sow fear and panic and to weaken,” Zelensky said.

He also reiterated the urgent need for strengthened air defense.

“Ukraine needs more air defense systems and we are working on this with our partners. The key is to strengthen the protection of our skies,” he said.

By the way, the IRBM attack followed the Ukrainian attack on Russian territory by the American ATACMS.