Don’t forget about air defenses, Ukrainian activists warn
By ERIC BAZAIL-EIMIL and ROBBIE GRAMER 09/13/2024 04:05 PM EDT
Emergency and rescue personnel clear the rubble of a destroyed hospital following a Russian missile attack on July 8, 2024. Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk warned that Russia is using attacks on civilian infrastructure to conduct psychological warfare against Ukrainians. | Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
Top Ukrainian activists are begging the West not to let Ukraine’s urgent need for more air defense systems get lost in the conversation, as Washington, London and other key allies of Kyiv debate whether to lift restrictions on the use of Western missiles to strike targets inside Russia.
In an interview with NatSec Daily, Ukrainian human rights lawyer and Nobel Prize laureate OLEKSANDRA MATVIICHUK warned that Russian leader VLADIMIR PUTIN is using attacks on civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and the energy grid, as a way to conduct psychological warfare against Ukrainians and blunt their resolve.