Russia says air defence systems for Ukraine would destabilise situation


Pigeons fly in front of the headquarters of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

(Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that giving Ukraine air defence systems, as requested by Ukraine's president in the U.S. Congress a day earlier, would be a destabilising factor that would not bring peace to the country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged American lawmakers on Wednesday to do more to protect his country from Russia's invasion, pushing for the imposition of a no-fly zone and asking for aircraft and defensive systems.

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