A Ukrainian military member sitting next to Sting drone interceptors used to target Russian drones, during the monitoring of the sky for drone threats, at an undisclosed location in teh Dnipropetrovsk region on April 15, 2026.Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine’s NATO envoy calls for more air defense donations – POLITICO

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KYIV — Ukraine needs more air defenses, but allies are starting to doubt if they can help Kyiv withstand the growing scale of Russian attacks, Alyona Getmanchuk, Ukraine’s ambassador to NATO, told POLITICO on Friday.

“Their logic is straightforward: can we truly be effective against this level of terror when Ukraine’s most pressing need is Patriot interceptors, and we do not have enough of them, as stockpiles have been depleted and production rates remain insufficient?” Getmanchuk said in a written statement.

She said Kyiv’s allies should see that helping Ukraine is also in their interest.