Zelenskyy announces anti-ballistic defence meeting in France in coming days

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that the first meeting focusing on Freya, Ukraine's own anti-ballistic system, will take place in France in the coming days.

Source: Zelenskyy during an online briefing with journalists, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Zelenskyy said the project is a Ukrainian anti-ballistic system that should serve as an equivalent to Patriot in terms of intercepting ballistic targets.

"This is a European model. Our first meeting on this will be in France. And it will happen very soon. We will certainly announce it publicly," the Ukrainian president said.

He noted that if there is support for Freya from the leaders and companies to whom the project will be presented, the project will "come to life".

"Anti-ballistic defence is priority number one. And Freya can help Ukraine with this above all (...) And also, importantly, we will share this idea with all our partners, especially the Europeans who have helped Ukraine during this war," Zelenskyy added.

Background:

• On 7 July, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is preparing for the first meeting of an "anti-ballistic coalition".
• Zelenskyy has spoken to the US Congress about the shortage of Patriot interceptors in Ukraine.
• However, NATO believes there will never be enough ballistic missile interceptors.

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