The deadly attack on a residential building in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro illustrates the need for faster and better coordinated decisions on arms deliveries to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said on Monday evening. .
Several dozen people died and dozens more were missing in the rubble of a residential building in Dnipro after it was hit by a missile on Saturday during a salvo of Russian bombardment.
“What happened at Dnipro, the fact that Russia is preparing new attempts to gain control in this war, the fact that the nature of military action on the front requires new decisions on arms deliveries , all this underlines how important it is to coordinate all the efforts of the coalition defending Ukraine and freedom,” said Volodimir Zelensky.
Speaking in a daily video address, he stressed the need to “speed up the decision-making process” as Kyiv has long urged its Western allies to provide it with more weapons – including tanks. assault -, also fearing that Moscow will launch a new offensive in the north of the country via Belarus.
Germany under pressure
The United States and France announced earlier this month the shipment of battle tanks to Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron thus promised Kyiv the delivery of AMX-10 RC tanks, without specifying the timetable for this delivery and the number of devices.
Germany, reluctant to send Leopard tanks, faces pressure from several Western countries on the issue.
Poland and Britain on Monday urged Berlin to agree to send the German-made tanks to Kyiv – a green light without which a foreign country cannot deliver Leopard tanks to a third country.
