“Our number-one priority is anti-ballistic defense and strategic cooperation with America. Peace needs to be brought closer,” he stated on X/Twitter.
“Our schedule includes meetings with President Trump, his team, and those who can support our defense,” he also said on the post, which was shared shortly after he arrived in the US early Tuesday morning.
Zelensky’s push for a ballistic missile comes after a Monday report indicated that Ukraine was seeking to acquire a prototype of a European anti-ballistic system, codenamed Freyja, to be ready within the first half of next year.
Davyd Aloian, deputy secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, who oversees the Freyja project, said that an international steering committee tasked with estimating the research and development costs was due to convene for the first time soon.
Leaders from 10 European countries, including Zelensky, as well as around a dozen defense manufacturers, gathered at a summit in Paris two weeks ago to officially launch the anti-ballistic coalition.
“Since we’re working within such a tight timeframe, we have an ambitious goal: to have an MVP (minimum viable product) ready by the first half of next year,” Aloian said.
“That is a prototype that can already demonstrate its first practical results.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
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