The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the forum "Ukraine.
In 2025, it was stated that Ukraine requires an additional 20 batteries of the Patriot air defense system.
According to him, if the United States provides these batteries to Ukraine, it would cost around 35 billion dollars. Zelensky pointed out that they believed the U.S. had already invested these 35 billion into a support fund, and that Ukraine could contribute its own 35 billion, thus creating a total fund of 70 billion dollars. The president described this as a good idea for enhancing Ukraine's defense capabilities.
Earlier, we reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky stated that the coming days could be crucial for security and peaceful resolution of the war.
President Volodymyr
Zelensky declared that in 2025, Ukraine aims to achieve the "possible and impossible" for attaining a lasting and just peace. This peace is to come with security guarantees for the state.