Zelensky’s Office Seeks Additional 3,000 Attack Drones from the West

Moscow, May 10 – Mikhail Podolak, advisor to Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, said Ukraine needed at least 3,000 more drones to destroy Russian infrastructure.

He explained that Ukraine is interested in objects located in the DRC, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

“Things, for example, in the Belgorod region do not interest us,” Podolyak added.

On September 30, according to the results of the referendums, the DRC, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions became part of Russia. And referendums on the issue of joining the Russian Federation were held in it from September 23 to 27, 2022. In the DRC, 99.23% of those who voted for joining Russia, in the LPR – 98.42%, in the Kherson region – 87.05%, in the Zaporozhye region – 93.11%.

Russia has previously sent a memorandum to NATO countries over the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has indicated that any shipment containing weapons to Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that NATO countries were “playing with fire” by supplying arms to Ukraine. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, noted that the injection of weapons into Ukraine from the West does not contribute to the success of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative impact. Lavrov stated that the United States and NATO are directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine, “including not only the supply of weapons, but also the training of personnel … on the territory of Great Britain, Germany, Italy and other countries.”