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Zelenskyy Orders Separate Funding for Ukraine’s Ballistic Missile Program Amid Russian Strikes
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered the allocation of separate funding to support the country’s ballistic missile development efforts to expedite production.
The president stated that during his evening address on May 26.
“Today at the Staff meeting, we thoroughly analyzed the consequences of Russian strikes, their drone tactics, and our responses. I instructed a significant increase in the production of our interceptor drones, and we will be engaging more funding from our partners to support this,” Zelenskyy said.
“I also ordered dedicated funding for Ukraine’s ballistic missile program to accelerate missile production.”
For three consecutive days, Russian forces launched intense aerial assaults on Ukrainian cities. Ukraine’s Air Force reported Russia deploying an unprecedented 995 aerial attack weapons during the period, including Shahed drones and missiles.
On May 26, Russia conducted its third consecutive large-scale aerial and drone assault on Ukraine overnight, killing at least six people and injuring 24 across several regions.
In the early hours of May 25, Ukraine endured one of the most intense air assaults of the war, as Russian forces launched 367 drones and missiles across multiple regions, killing 13 people and injuring more than 60 others, including several children.
The day before, on May 24, Russia launched 14 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and around 250 drones across Ukrainian territory.
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