Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also spoke about F-16 training on Saturday during a visit to Kyiv by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
“I believe that some partners are dragging their feet,” Zelensky said, referring to F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots.
A coalition of Kyiv’s European backers led by the Netherlands and Denmark has said it will help teach Ukrainian pilots, after the United States gave its green light in May.
Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren last month said the training could start this summer.
“DETECTED AND DESTROYED”
US Pentagon Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley has assured that the United States and allies are giving them as much help as humanly possible”.
He acknowledged, in comments made Friday, that some people had expressed impatience with the pace of the counteroffensive.
“Sure, it goes a little slow but that is part of the nature of war,” he said.
Ukraine has meanwhile become increasingly adept at taking down Russian cruise missiles and drones after appealing to Western allies for greater air defence capabilities.
On Sunday, Ukrainian officials said they had successfully neutralised a new drone attack on Kyiv.
“All enemy targets in the airspace around Kyiv were detected and destroyed,” said Sergiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration.
In a separate statement, Ukraine’s air force said Sunday that it had shot down three cruise missiles and eight Iranian-made attack drones deployed by Moscow’s forces overnight.
“Eight Shaheds were launched from the southeast, and three Kalibr missiles were launched from the Black Sea,” the air force said.
It did not provide any details on the Kyiv attacks.
Ruslan Kravchenko, head of the Kyiv regional military administration, said that three houses were damaged by falling debris in the Kyiv region.
Kyiv, which had been relatively spared from attacks since the beginning of the year, faced frequent nightly aerial raids in May.
