[ブカレスト ３０日 ロイター] – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said on Thursday that the US Patriot anti-seizure system is needed to protect Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure under heavy attack by Russian forces, and that Ukraine should be allowed to provide it. He said he would persuading Germany.
Foreign Minister Kureba is attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting which will be held in Bucharest for two days until the 30th. Speaking at a press conference after the meeting, Trump said he believed in NATO’s commitment to help Ukraine as much as needed, but said the military aid had to come quickly.
Parts to repair the attacked energy infrastructure, air defense systems to prevent new attacks, NATO specification tanks, etc. are a priority, and he said, “The message is simple: the people and infrastructure of Ukraine. We want you to provide The Patriots we need to protect as soon as possible.”
Germany rejected a request from Poland to send the missile system to Ukraine on Tuesday, saying the Patriots supplied to Poland were intended for use within NATO.
“If Germany provides Patriots to Poland and Poland is ready to send Patriots to Ukraine, the answer for Germany is clear,” said Kuleba, adding that Ukraine would work with the Germany on the rice field.
He reiterated his view that Ukraine would continue to fight until its territorial integrity was restored, including Crimea, which Russia had “annexed” in 2014, and that Ukraine would join NATO in eventually. “We will win this war with the help of NATO,
become a part of,” he said.
Former Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, has warned NATO not to send Patriots to Ukraine. He has called the Ukrainian regime an “extremist regime” and accused NATO of arming these regimes with a “criminal gang.”
