Ukraine is renting air defence systems to strengthen the protection of strategic facilities in winter, Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, has told the news telethon.
"It is clear that every country is primarily concerned about its own defence. No- one will give us their air defence systems for free. Why is it taking so long to supply air defence systems, why are supplies rationed? Because there is not enough of them in the world to give them to us," Ihnat said.
He added that Ukraine already had already rented air defence systems from other countries earlier. However, the countries that provide this service are not disclosed.
"Let's not say which countries. This information is sensitive, and our partners especially did not want us to disclose it," he said.
As reported earlier, Germany has announced a new aid package for Ukraine: Patriot, IRIS-T and Cheetah air defence systems. Also, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Romania, it became known that agreements had been reached to provide Ukraine with ammunition and air defence systems.