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Russia continues airstrikes on major Ukrainian cities for three days.
Ukrainian President Zelensky requested support for weapons that could prevent such a missile attack, and the United States decided to provide the advanced missile defense system that protects the White House first.
Reporter Sang-woo Ahn will tell you.
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Russian air strikes continue overnight in Nikopol, adjacent to the Zapori nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
Rescue work continued around the collapsed building as air raid warnings sounded and explosions were heard in several areas.
It is understood that at least 33 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in the third day of indiscriminate bombing by Russian troops.
[Local resident: A six-year-old boy in the room is being treated at a hospital after the bombing.]
President Zelensky of Ukraine, who attended the G7 summit, emphasized that the most urgent thing right now is air defense weapons.
[Zelensky/President of Ukraine: If Ukraine has sufficient effective air defense system, Russia's terrorist acts such as rocket bombing are no threat.] The
United States will prioritize two Nasams, a state-of-the-art surface-to-air missile defense system, within two months. decided to support.
Nasams, which has been used to defend the White House and Capitol since 2005, is a medium-range defense system with a range of more than 160 km that can intercept missiles, aircraft, and even military drones.
Russia insisted that such support would only make the war more painful.
[Dmitry Peskov/Russian Kremlin Spokesperson: With the support of weapons from the West, the war only becomes longer and more painful.
Our purpose and results will not change.]
Russian authorities, who pointed out Ukraine as the cause of the Krum Bridge explosion, said they had arrested eight people, including a Ukrainian, as suspects in the explosion.
(Video editing: Kim Byung-jik)