After the attacks, Ukraine calls for European air defense

"Europe needs its own missile defense so that this war can finally end," he writes on X.

The extensive Russian attacks send a clear message, the president believes: If Ukraine is not protected against missile attacks, the attacks will continue.

"And help from the US with deliveries of missiles for the Patriot air defense system is absolutely necessary. We count on support from our partners and concrete responses to today's attack," he writes.