{"id":30781,"date":"2026-09-23T21:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=30781"},"modified":"2026-09-23T21:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:37:16","slug":"zelenskyy-un-russia-missiles-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/zelenskyy-un-russia-missiles-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy told the UN that Russia had 2,100 missiles and 63,000 drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">During his address to the UN General Assembly, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia had fired more than 2,100 missiles and 63,000 drones at Ukraine over the past eight months. According to him, around 950 of these missiles were ballistic. He linked the scale of the attacks to the need to strengthen air defence and warned of a difficult winter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Around 950 of the missiles mentioned by the president were ballistic missiles.<\/li>\n<li>Zelenskyy stated that even the wealthiest countries are experiencing a shortage of interceptor missiles.<\/li>\n<li>The speech mentioned the testing of four jet-powered interceptor drones.<\/li>\n<li>The President called on his partners to put a stop to Russian aggression.<\/li>\n<li>He did not disclose any specific details regarding Ukraine\u2019s possible response to Russian attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Stocks of interceptor missiles do not match the scale of the air threat<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Zelensky<\/strong> stated that current production volumes <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/economics\/patriot-ukraina-300-raket-zymy\/\">interceptor missiles<\/a> is insufficient to meet air defence requirements. According to him, even the wealthiest countries are facing a shortage, whilst nations that have been stockpiling ammunition for a long time have already used up a significant portion of their reserves.<\/p>\n<p>The figures quoted by the president refer to the air-attack capabilities deployed by Russia, rather than hits or the results of interceptions. He did not provide any general information on the consequences of all these attacks.<\/p>\n<p>In the run-up to winter, the topic of air defence was discussed at meetings between Zelenskyy and <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/zelenskyi-zustrichi-partnery-freyja\/\">partners<\/a>. France has stated its readiness to draw on EU loan funds for additional SAMP\/T systems and the missiles to go with them, whilst the Ukrainian and American sides have reported that work is under way on the production of Patriot interceptor missiles in Ukraine. No details were given regarding the quantities or timelines for potential deliveries or production.<\/p>\n<h2>Ukraine is testing jet-powered interceptor drones to counter the \u00abShaheds\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p>The speech refers to the testing of four jet-powered interceptor drones. Their exact status is not disclosed in the speech: it is unclear whether this refers to individual aircraft, models or designs from different manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>On 17 September, Zelenskyy reported that a Ukrainian interceptor had shot down a \u00abShahed\u00bb drone and announced plans to scale up such operations. High-speed interceptors can reduce the burden on anti-aircraft missiles when countering attack drones, but they are not a substitute for specialised missile defence systems designed to counter ballistic targets.<\/p>\n<h2>The President called on partners to put a stop to the aggression and explained Ukraine\u2019s requests for weapons<\/h2>\n<p>Zelenskyy stated that Ukrainians did not choose war, but speak of weapons and defence out of the need to protect lives, the state, independence and freedom. \u00abWe have chosen not to die, not to lose our country or our families, and not to lose our independence or our freedom,\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President also stated that <strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> seeks to capture Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro and other Ukrainian cities, and has called on the international community to stop the Russian leader. This is an assessment of the Kremlin\u2019s intentions, as expressed by the Ukrainian head of state.<\/p>\n<h2>Zelenskyy warned of a difficult winter and promised that there would be consequences for the Russian attacks<\/h2>\n<p>The coming winter could be very difficult for Ukraine, Mr Zelenskyy said. On 21 September, an independent UN international commission also warned that further attacks on energy infrastructure would increase the vulnerability of the civilian population during the cold season.<\/p>\n<p>The President said that Russia\u2019s actions would have consequences for Russia itself, and that Ukraine would be forced to make this period a painful one for the Russian Federation. He did not specify any particular measures, objectives or timelines for such a response.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his address to the UN General Assembly, Zelenskyy stated that Russia had fired more than 2,100 missiles and 63,000 drones at Ukraine over the course of eight months.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":30780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0423 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u043d\u0430 \u0413\u0435\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0430\u043c\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0457 \u041e\u041e\u041d \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0420\u0424 \u0432\u0438\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u043e \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0434 2100 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442 \u0456 63 \u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0456 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0432 \u0437\u0430 \u0432\u0456\u0441\u0456\u043c \u043c\u0456\u0441\u044f\u0446\u0456\u0432.","rank_math_title":"\u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0434\u0435\u0444\u0456\u0446\u0438\u0442 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442 \u041f\u041f\u041e \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438 \u0420\u0424","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":["post-30781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-805624"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30781","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=30781"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30783,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30781\/revisions\/30783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}