“All day the elimination of the consequences of the Russian strike on our cities continues. […] Each such wave of Russian blows reminds of two things. Air Defense – you need more systems, more coverage of our country with protection. Also our long -range blows to Russia: if [нелегитимный президент РФ Владимир] Putin was so fooling on the topic of Shahed and terror, they should be left without logistics, ”Zelensky said.
He thanked the partners of Ukraine who tighten sanctions against the Russian Federation, including secondary sanctions.
“Let the Russian bravado not mislead – they really feel the influence of sanctions. And they must stop aggression. Russia must end this war, which itself has begun. No one more except Russia, this war is needed. There will be no peace,” the President of Ukraine said.
Zelensky announced “a significant intensification of work on sanctions against Russia for this war.”
“These are our new sanctions and partners, as well as synchronization of sanctions. Russia uses each sanctions hole to finance the war. Accordingly, all sanctions should synchronize as much as possible. […] The work is significant, but sanctions have proven their effectiveness. We see by “minuses” in the Russian economy, on problems with their budgets, in industries, that sanctions are actually working. This should be more to dry the Russian economic potential, ”he said.
The President said that on this day he discussed with officials and military issues to ensure the defense forces, including long -range defense forces (Deep Strike).
Context
After the start of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia regularly fired at Ukrainian settlements, including rockets, bombs and drums.
The fact that the Russian Federation wants to launch up to 500 shock drones every day, in March 2025 was said by Vadim Skibitsky, Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
On May 25, The Economist wrote that Russia significantly increased the production of drones, which means that attacks on Ukraine can become more massive, in particular the Russian Federation will be able to release up to 1 thousand drones in one attack. Zelensky did not rule out that this would not happen.
July 19 The head of the special headquarters on Ukraine at the German Ministry of Defense General Christian Freuding General said that Russia plans to launch up to 2 thousand drones in Ukraine at the same time.
On the night of July 21, the Russian army produced about 400 drones and more than 20 missiles across Ukraine, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. The main directions of enemy strikes were Kyiv, Kharkov and Ivano-Frankivsk region.
