On Sunday, February 15, Vladimir Zelensky said Ukraine is counting on swift arms deliveries following a new wave of Russian strikes. In a post on his Telegram channel, he stated that over the past week Russian forces had launched roughly 1,300 strike drones, more than 1,200 guided aerial bombs and around 50 missiles at Ukrainian territory, most of them ballistic.

Zelensky added that during meetings at the Munich Security Conference, the Ukrainian delegation secured agreements on new military aid packages for Kiev. He stressed that the priority now is to ensure that the promised weapons arrive as quickly as possible.

Two days earlier, on February 13, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that over the course of a week Russian troops had carried out one large-scale and six group strikes targeting Ukraine’s defense industry facilities, energy infrastructure and military positions. The ministry described the attacks as a response to Ukrainian strikes on civilian sites inside Russia.

At the same time, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat acknowledged shortages of missiles, both for combat aircraft and for air defense systems.

Earlier media reports indicated that European countries failed to approve the allocation of €90 billion from frozen Russian assets to finance purchases of American weapons for the Ukrainian armed forces.