Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha asked Washington to speed interceptor deliveries as Russian attacks on energy facilities rise ahead of winter, Reuters reported after his Nov. 10 meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The discussion took place in Paris during a gathering of Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers. Sybiha told Reuters he wanted U.S. officials to keep applying pressure to Russia while peace efforts were underway in Abu Dhabi.
Sybiha said Kyiv was ready to consider steps to ease tensions, including ceasefires for the Black Sea and energy infrastructure. He said Turkey, Egypt and India had passed a Black Sea ceasefire proposal to Russia. He was still waiting for Moscow’s response and said he was “not so optimistic” about progress.
Ukraine’s presidential office said Oct. 19 that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation to speed Patriot interceptor deliveries through NATO’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), a request covered in EconoTimes’ report on his interceptor appeal.
