Zelensky to Axios: Ukraine needs missile interceptors to head off winter disaster

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios in an interview Tuesday that he asked President Trump for an emergency "winter package" of Patriot air defense interceptors to help thwart Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Why it matters: Ukraine's stockpiles of the interceptors have been almost depl

Zelenskiy told reporters that Ukraine had drones that could destroy Iranian- and Russian-built drones, but needed more weapons to defend against ballistic missiles.

OPINION: 'Months after Trump brutally bullied Zelensky in the Oval Office and claimed he held no cards, the Ukrainian leader returns to Washington with the drone expertise America now urgently needs and the US President’s failures over Russia and Iran laid bare.'

"Our number-one priority is anti-ballistic defense and strategic cooperation with America. Peace needs to be brought closer," Zelensky stated on an X post.