Prime minister Denys Shmyhal says western air defence systems needed to counter Russian attacks and stop people from fleeing
Ukraine called on Monday for the west to supply Patriot missiles batteries and other modern air defence systems, amid growing concern that attacks by Russia on its electricity grid could prompt a new wave of refugees from the war torn country.
The country’s prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, speaking before a Ukraine humanitarian aid conference on Tuesday in Paris, said Russia wanted “to trigger another wave of migration toward Europe” during the depths of winter.