Podolyak added to the Ukrainian TV network Freedom: "To significantly reduce (the effect of) the main weapon of the Russian army, which is the artillery that they use today on the front, we need missiles that destroy their depots".
And he said: "There are Crimea (controlled by Russia) more than 100 artillery depots".
The senior official added, without elaborating: "So the negotiations first are already under way. Secondly, it is moving at an accelerated pace".
Remarks of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his videotaped evening speech
• "Ukraine wants to pre-empt Russian attacks on Ukrainian urban areas and civilians".
• "Ukraine needs long-range missiles to deny the occupier the opportunity to place missile launchers somewhere far from the front line and destroy Ukrainian cities.".
• "Ukraine needs the American-made ATACMS missile, which has a range of 297 km"Note that Washington has so far refrained from providing this weapon.
Earlier Saturday, he denied Ukrainian Air Force The validity of a press report stating that he intends to obtain 24 combat aircraft from allied countries, saying that talks about possible deliveries are still continuing.
It was a newspaper "El Pais" The Spanish quoted Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat as saying that Ukraine is initially seeking to obtain two squadrons consisting of 12 aircraft each, and that it prefers that the planes be of the type "F16".
But in a statement sent to a newspaper "Babylon" Ukrainian electronic, Saturday, Ihnat said his remarks during a press briefing "misinterpreted"And he continued: "Ukraine is still in the negotiation stage about the aircraft, and their models and number are being determined".
It was Inhat who mentioned during his press statement that the planes "F16" It may be the perfect choice, as a multi-role fighter to replace the country’s current fleet of aging Soviet-era warplanes.
White House Deputy National Security Adviser John Weiner said Thursday United State will study "very carefully" The idea of supplying aircraft with Kyiv and its allies, while the German Defense Minister ruled out a few days ago the idea of sending aircraft to Ukraine.
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And she received Ukraine Promising to get battle tanks from Western countries, and also demanding combat aircraft to respond to the Russian and pro-Moscow forces, which are advancing slowly along part of the front line.
“To significantly reduce (the effect of) the main weapon of the Russian army, which is the artillery it uses today on the front, we need missiles that destroy their depots,” Podolyak told the Ukrainian TV network Freedom.
He said, “There is Crimea (controlled by Russia) more than 100 artillery depots”.
The senior official added, without going into details: “Therefore, first, the negotiations are already underway. Secondly, they are proceeding at an accelerated pace.”
Remarks of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his videotaped evening speech
• “Ukraine wants to pre-empt Russian attacks on Ukrainian urban areas and civilians.”
• “Ukraine needs long-range missiles to deny the occupier the opportunity to place missile launchers somewhere far from the front line and destroy Ukrainian cities.”
• “Ukraine needs the American-made ATACMS missile, which has a range of 297 kilometers,” noting that Washington has so far refrained from providing this weapon.
Earlier Saturday, he denied Ukrainian Air Force The validity of a press report stating that he intends to obtain 24 combat aircraft from allied countries, saying that talks about possible deliveries are still continuing.
The Spanish newspaper “El Pais” quoted Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat as saying that Ukraine is initially seeking to obtain two squadrons consisting of 12 aircraft each, and that it would prefer the aircraft to be “F-16”.
But in a statement sent to the Ukrainian online newspaper, Babel, on Saturday, Ehnat said his remarks during a press briefing had been “misinterpreted.”
Ehnat had mentioned during his press briefing that the F-16 might be the perfect choice, as a multi-role fighter, to replace the country’s current fleet of aging Soviet-era warplanes.
White House Deputy National Security Adviser John Weiner said Thursday United State It will study “very carefully” the idea of supplying planes with Kyiv and its allies, while the German Defense Minister ruled out a few days ago the idea of sending planes to Ukraine.
