Ukraine-Russia war live: Western air defences yielding ‘significant results,’ Zelensky says

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Ukrainian President Vladymyr Zelensky meets with servicemembers of the Ukrainian Air Force, who presented him with a signed pilot's helmet, as they honor the Day of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sunday, August 6 - Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS Ukraine’s president said that western defence systems provided to Kyiv are already yielding “significant results” on the battlefield, repelling a “significant number” of Russian attacks over the past week. In an evening address, Volodymyr Zelensky praised the The Patriot and Iris-T systems donated by the US and Germany respectively as very “powerful systems”. Speaking...