Financial Times wrote which countries refused Ukraine air defence systems

Poland, Romania and Spain have refused to transfer additional air defence systems to Ukraine to protect its critical infrastructure, arguing that they want to preserve their own defence capabilities. This was reported by the Financial Times.

The publication writes that Kiev, after a week of missile and drone attacks by Russian aggressors on the country's energy and thermal infrastructure, was forced to ask European leaders to reconsider their capabilities and send air defence systems to Ukraine.

In particular, Zelensky said that Russian aggressors' missiles strike Ukraine every day, and every day Ukrainians hear that the country will receive new systems, every day Kharkiv is bombed from all possible means of destruction, and every day Kharkiv residents hear that new aid will arrive soon.

European allies still have not heard the appeals of the Ukrainian authorities," the newspaper said.

The head of the European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, also addressed European countries. According to him, the arsenal of the EU countries keeps about 100 additional batteries and they could have sent them to Kiev.

FT writes that Germany has expressed willingness to give Kiev two systems, but does not want to share more.

At the same time, writes the author of the material, Ukraine and its demands have drawn the attention of European leaders to the strategic minimum levels of defence capability of their countries. Many of them said that they would build up their military capabilities in the face of possible Russian aggression.

Earlier,Sotsportalagainst the backdrop of the biggest attack on energy infrastructure since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, asked the deputy chairman of the Atomtrade Union, Pavlo Prudnikov, who returned to this position after severe injury at the front, share forecasts for the Ukrainian nuclear industry in war conditions.

According to him, due to the explosion of the Kakhovka dam in the summer of 2023, the water level in the technical reservoirs of the Zaporizhia NPP fell.

So far the cooling rates have been maintained at the required level. But keep in mind that the station is not working, it is in a cold stop state. Because the Russians have not yet managed to connect it to their power grid, — says the trade union activist.

He notes that the future of Zaporizhia NPP is difficult to predict.

Today no one can say when the war will end, under any conditions. If, for example, there are offensives and they (the Russians - ed) are forced to retreat, who can say that they will not blow up certain objects according to the principle — don't let anyone get you. The perimeter of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant was mined; the coast of the Kakhovka Reservoir was mined there even before it was blown up. Armored vehicles, military equipment, they are driven into production facilities with ammunition, — warns the deputy head of the Atomprofsoyuz.

However, he repeats that Russian attacks on energy infrastructure now look most threatening.

I'm afraid for the infrastructure. Through open switchgears, transmission lines. Do you see the trend? Not targeted strikes, but simply the complete destruction of any infrastructure. It is not necessary to bang around the reactor. It is enough to disrupt the infrastructure, and the station will not work. For example, damage to the same high-voltage lines or transformers affects the operation of our stations, — emphasizes Pavlo Prudnikov.