Overview

• He requested additional American Patriot batteries, drone interceptors and light aircraft to counter Russia’s air and drone assaults.
• He urged lifting U.S. restrictions on ATACMS to permit strikes on Russian missile and drone production sites with ATACMS and German Taurus missiles.
• He warned that critical shortages of 155mm artillery shells and armored vehicles threaten Ukraine’s ability to sustain offensive operations.
• He cited recent operations in Russia’s Kursk region and the defense of Pokrovsk as evidence that offensive and deterrent tactics can shift battlefield momentum.
• Ukraine has started mobilizing 18–24-year-olds alongside men aged 25–60, with a survey indicating financial incentives as the primary motivation for many recruits.