{"id":26595,"date":"2026-08-05T20:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=26595"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:46:31","slug":"zelenskyi-rutte-rakety-perekhopliuvachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/zelenskyi-rutte-rakety-perekhopliuvachi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine urgently needs interceptor missiles: what Zelenskyy and Rutte agreed on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte regarding the supply of interceptor missiles to Ukraine. According to the President, the parties have co-ordinated their efforts with countries that possess the necessary missiles and are in a position to assist. He linked the need for such supplies to the protection of people and civilian infrastructure from Russian attacks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zelenskyy discussed the supply of interceptor missiles with Rutte.<\/li>\n<li>The parties are coordinating their efforts with countries that possess the necessary missiles.<\/li>\n<li>The President linked the request to the protection of people and civilian infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Kyiv is calling on its partners to remove bureaucratic barriers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Interceptors are needed to provide protection against attacks<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> He stated that Ukraine is doing everything it can to work with all partners capable of assisting with the supply of interceptors. He described the Russian strikes as attacks \u00absimply aimed at life, at people and at civilian targets\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>The need for such munitions is not limited to a single type of air defence system. In public statements by partners, missiles were mentioned in this context, in particular <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/science-tech\/yak-pratsiuie-patriot-pryntsyp-dii-pac-3\/\">PAC-3<\/a> for the Patriot, ammunition for the IRIS-T and interceptors for the NASAMS.<\/p>\n<h2>Kyiv calls on its partners to speed up the decision-making process<\/h2>\n<p>The President emphasised that, in order for supplies to reach Ukraine, red tape must be cut and political decisions taken. He said that the lives of people in Ukraine depend every day on the resolve of partners in Europe and America.<\/p>\n<p>One of the current channels for procuring priority US military equipment is the PURL mechanism, through which partners can fund Ukraine\u2019s specified requirements. Zelenskyy thanked Rutte for his willingness to explore opportunities for deliveries and said that the two sides would remain in contact.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine needs interceptor missiles to defend itself against Russian attacks. Zelenskyy discussed their supply with Mark Rutte.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":26594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0420\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0438-\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0445\u043e\u043f\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u0447\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0456\u0431\u043d\u0456 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0445\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0443 \u0432\u0456\u0434 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0456\u0432. \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043e\u0431\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0432 \u0457\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0437 \u041c\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0420\u044e\u0442\u0442\u0435.","rank_math_title":"\u041f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442-\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0445\u043e\u043f\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u0447\u0456\u0432 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456: \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u0437 \u041d\u0410\u0422\u041e","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442-\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0445\u043e\u043f\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u0447\u0456\u0432 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805617],"tags":[806805],"class_list":["post-26595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-806805"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26596,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26595\/revisions\/26596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}