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Ukraine has no capabilities yet to defend against Iranian ballistic missiles - Air Force spox.

Air defense capabilities available to Ukraine would be sufficient to deal with incoming Iranian ballistic missiles Fateh and Zolfaghar if Tehran moves to hand them over to Russia.
This was stated by Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat during the national telethon, Ukrinform reports with reference to RFE/RL.
"Russia has not abandoned its intentions to receive kamikaze drones and missiles from Iran, which was announced earlier, Fateh and Zolfaghar, the ballistic ones. Against ballistic missiles, we have nothing today," the spokesman said.
At the same time, he noted that Russia also has ballistic weapons, including Kinzhal, Kh-22, and S-300 missiles, and also S-400 anti-aircraft missiles that fly along a ballistic trajectory.
Read also: Russians keeping Kinzhal missiles to hit Ukraine’s strategic objects - Ihnat
Ihnat emphasized that Ukraine's allies are aware of these challenges.
"Our partners understand that countermeasures like the Patriot PAC-3 and SAMP-T are needed against ballistic threats. We’re seeing a shift: Italy and France have declared their readiness to transfer these systems as well," he noted.
In late December, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Iran still refuses to supply Russia with ballistic missiles. Moscow was said to have offered scientific know-how to Iran's military industry to convince Tehran to support them by supplying these missiles.
Stefanchuk, Michel hold meeting ahead of EU Council session.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk has met with President of the European Council Charles Michel ahead of the European Council session scheduled for December 5, 2023.
War update: 56 Russian attacks repelled in six sectors.
In the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have repelled 56 Russian attacks in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and Zaporizhzhia directions.
Ukraine starts consultations with EU on security commitments.
Deputy Head of the President’s Office of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva has started the first round of consultations with Charles Fries, the Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence of the European External Action Service, regarding the EU's...
Enemy continues infantry-led attacks, suffers heavy losses in Maryinka, Avdiivka sectors.
In the past three weeks, about 80 Russian soldiers have surrendered in the operational zone of the Tavria operational and strategic grouping of troops. Active infantry-led attacks continue in the Avdiivka and Maryinka sectors.
AFU confirm strike on Russian oil depot in Luhansk
The Department for Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (StratCom) confirmed the strike on oil depots in the temporarily occupied city of Luhansk on December 3.
Buildings, gymnasium and power lines damaged in enemy shelling of Nikopol district.
The Russian army attacked Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region with heavy artillery and kamikaze drones on Monday, causing destruction.
Harris says Israel ‘must do more’ to protect civilians in Gaza.
Vice President Kamala Harris urged Israel to do more to protect innocent civilians in Gaza during a news conference on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Harris upheld the Biden administration’s position that Israel ...
'TIME FOR IT TO STOP': US Senate candidate says US needs to stop empowering our adversaries.
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James Carville calls this a ‘bigger threat’ to US than 'Al-Qaeda’.
Democratic strategist James Carville reacts to the news that Speaker Mike Johnson wrote the foreword for and publicly promoted a book filled with discredited conspiracy theories and homophobic insults. #CNN #News
VOA’s Sarah Zaman Reports From Pakistan - VOA News.
VOA's Sarah Zaman reports from Islamabad, Pakistan, on the cypher case, Dec. 2, 2023. Islamabad’s High Court overturned a corruption conviction Wednesday for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a decision that puts him closer to being able to run ...
Israel spent ceasefire preparing for 'absolute victory', says Netanyahu - Israel-Hamas war.
Israel's prime minister has pledged to continue the fight against Hamas "until the end". "Until we achieve victory, the war continues," he told a news conference. "The day before yesterday, I instructed the IDF, along with the war cabinet, to resu...
Brandon Judd reacts to migrants riding atop trains into the US #shorts.
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