The Minister of Defense also informed the President about the organization of the next "Ramstein" meeting.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov briefed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the progress regarding air defense, specifically missiles for the IRIS-T system, as well as for the NASAMS and SAMP/T missile systems. There are also positive results regarding the contracting of artillery, which will provide additional shells for the Ukrainian army.
Zelenskyy shared this information in his evening address on March 16.
"Now, Minister of Defense Umerov briefed me on the progress with air defense tasks — missiles for IRIS-T, NASAMS, and SAMP/T. There are good results regarding the contracting of artillery: additional shells will be supplied to our army," the President stated.
The Minister of Defense also updated the President on the organization of the next "Ramstein" meeting.
"We are preparing for Brussels. We are also working on a specific system of security guarantees for Ukraine: this week there was a meeting of military representatives in France, and a meeting in the UK is being prepared. The first steps towards security guarantees are being made," Zelenskyy said.
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