{"id":1530,"date":"2024-09-04T09:03:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T09:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2024-09-04T09:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T09:03:15","slug":"ukrainian-president-thanks-romania-for-patriot-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1530","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian president thanks Romania for Patriot donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Volodymyr Zelensky recently expressed gratitude to Romania for the Patriot missile defense system that the Romanian Parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/senate-romania-endorses-patriot-donation-ukraine-2024\">approved<\/a> to be transferred to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Announcing that he had held a meeting with military chiefs to discuss the use of air defense systems and the protection of Ukrainian cities and communities, Zelensky stated, &#8220;We are counting on the Patriot system, which Romania is preparing to transfer. I am grateful for this step of assistance from Romania.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is something that will truly support our people, our country, and our entire region,&#8221; he further said in his video address to Ukrainians, cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/externe\/zelenski-multumeste-romaniei-pentru-sistemul-patriot-e-un-lucru-care-va-sprijini-cu-adevarat-poporul-nostru-si-tara-noastra-2916923\">Digi24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky mentioned that, together with Ukrainian commanders, they have identified measures to make the existing systems in Ukraine more effective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also working to obtain additional protection for Ukraine,&#8221; he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=841899521383240\">noted in the video<\/a>, adding, &#8220;of course, we continue to work with all partners on stronger solutions to support our defense\u2014solutions with long-range capabilities that could destroy a significant portion of Russian ballistic missiles before they are launched.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian authorities have long asked allies like the United States for long-range weapons that would allow it to strike at attack launch pads within Russian territory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia simply does not know how to fight without terror\u2014terrorist attacks and the ability to spread destruction replace both tactics and war strategy for the Russian leadership,&#8221; Zelensky emphasized on the day when a Russian attack in Poltava, a city in central Ukraine, resulted in the most severe toll of the year: over 50 dead and more than 270 injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the Ukrainian cross-border incursion into Russia&#8217;s Kursk region, Zelensky briefly announced, that &#8220;active operations in the Kursk region continue to fuel our country&#8217;s exchange fund.&#8221; He referred to the capture of territories and prisoners of war, who could then be used as bargaining chips with the Russians.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Volodymyr Zelensky on Facebook)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Volodymyr Zelensky recently expressed gratitude to Romania for the Patriot missile defense system that the Romanian Parliament approved to be transferred to Ukraine.\u00a0 Announcing that he had held a meeting with military chiefs to discuss the use of air defense systems and the protection of Ukrainian cities and communities, Zelensky stated, &#8220;We are counting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}