‘Situation difficult’: Zelensky in Moscow ally Serbia as Russian strikes kill 4 in Ukraine

Volodymy
Zele sky
a d
Se bia
P eside t
Aleksa da
Vučić

Uk ai ia
P eside t
Volodymy
Zele sky
desc ibed
the
situatio
i
his
wa -to
cou t y
as
“difficult”
du i g
a
visit
to
Se bia,
o e
of
the
few
Eu opea
cou t ies
to
have
mai tai ed
close
ties
with
Russia
th oughout
Moscow’s
o goi g
wa
agai st
Kyiv,
ow
i
its
fifth
yea .“The
situatio
i
Uk ai e
is
difficult,”
Zele sky
told
a
p ess
co fe e ce
with
Se bia
P eside t
Aleksa da
Vučić
o
Satu day,
efe i g
to
a
ove ight
missile
st ike
i volvi g
ballistic
missiles
ta geti g
i f ast uctu e,
as
well
as
attack
d o es.Fou
people,
i cludi g
a
child,
we e
killed
i
the
st ikes
o
the
capital,
Kyiv,
a d
the
su ou di g
egio ,
while
Uk ai ia
fo ces
etaliated
by
ta geti g
Russia
oil
facilities.Zele sky
a ived
i
Belg ade
o
F iday,
ma ki g
the
fi st
visit
by
a
Uk ai ia
p eside t
to
Se bia
i
eight
yea s.He
claimed
that
delive ies
of
US-made
Pat iot
ai
defe ce
i te cepto s,
the
o ly
system
i
Kyiv’s
a se al
capable
of
i te cepti g
ballistic
missiles,
have
“slowed”
compa ed
with
a
yea
ago.“The e
a e
fewe
of
these
missiles
i
2026.
I
2025
the e
we e
mo e,
I’ll
tell
you
ho estly,
i
te ms
of
mo thly
supplies,”
he
told
epo te s.

Zele sky
fu the
stated
that
the
US
has
ag eed
to
allow
Uk ai e
to
ma ufactu e
Pat iot
i te cepto s
domestically,
but
the
p ocess
emai s
stalled
by
lice si g
a d
othe
pape wo k.

Russia’s
f esh
ove ight
st ikes

The
comme ts
came
afte
a
Russia
d o e
attack
o
the
B ova y
dist ict
o theast
of
Kyiv
killed
a
th ee-yea -old
boy
a d
his
g a dpa e ts.
The
attack
dest oyed
the
family’s
home
a d
damaged
ea by
buildi gs
a d
vehicles.
Th ee
othe
family
membe s
a d
a
eighbou
who
came
to
thei
aid
we e
hospitalised.Zele sky
oted
that
a othe
pe so
was
killed
i
a
Russia
st ike
i volvi g
six
ballistic
missiles
ta geti g
civilia
i f ast uctu e
i
the
city.Uk ai e’s
Ai
Fo ce
said
it
had
i te cepted
o
dest oyed
135
of
151
Russia
d o es
lau ched
ove ight,
alo g
with
six
ballistic
missiles
a d
othe
guided
missiles.Uk ai e
has
st uggled
with
a
c itical
sho tage
of
ai -defe ce
i te cepto s
as
Russia
co ti ues
to
ta get
cities
a d
civilia
i f ast uctu e.
The
Uk ai ia
Defe ce
Mi ist y
said
its
fo ces
shot
dow
a ou d
5,300
d o es
a d
missiles
i
July,
accou ti g
fo
just
u de
60%
of
the
oughly
9,000
Russia
ae ial
weapo s
lau ched
du i g
the
mo th.Zele sky
has
epeatedly
u ged
the
US
a d
othe
cou t ies
to
p ovide
mo e
ai -defe ce
ammu itio .
He
has
also
called
fo
pe missio
to
ma ufactu e
Pat iot
i te cepto s
i
Uk ai e
a d
fo
additio al
capabilities
to
cou te
Russia
missile
st ikes.Followi g
the
latest
attacks,
Zele skyy
appealed
o
X
fo
st o ge
sa ctio s
to
“p eve t
the
p oductio
of
these
ballistic
missiles,”
as
well
as
mo e
a ti-ballistic
systems
a d
i te cepto s.

Uk ai e
hits
Russia
oil
facilities

I
Russia,
six
people
we e
wou ded
afte
deb is
f om
a
dow ed
d o e
spa ked
a
fi e
at
the
Ilsky
Oil
Refi e y
i
the
southe
K as oda
egio ,
acco di g
to
local
officials.Uk ai e’s
Ge e al
Staff
said
its
fo ces
also
st uck
the
efi e y
a d
the
Syz a
Oil
Refi e y
i
Russia’s
Sama a
egio ,
mo e
tha
800
kilomet es
(500
miles)
f om
the
Uk ai ia
bo de .Sama a
Gove o
Vyacheslav
Fedo ishchev
co fi med
that
d o es
st uck
a
“i dust ial
e te p ise”
but
did
ot
ide tify
the
facility
as
a
efi e y.Uk ai e
has
ca ied
out
ea -daily
lo g- a ge
d o e
a d
missile
st ikes
agai st
Russia
oil
i f ast uctu e
i
ece t
mo ths,
usi g
domestically
developed
weapo s.
The
campaig
has
dis upted
Russia’s
fuel
supply
a d
placed
additio al
p essu e
o
the
K emli .(With
AP
i puts)