Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday said he intends to order 25 Patriot air defense systems from the United States to help counter Russia's ongoing aerial attacks, which have caused rolling blackouts across the country ahead of winter.

Acknowledging the high cost and long production time of the systems, Zelenskyy suggested that European countries could temporarily provide their Patriots to Ukraine while awaiting replacements, stressing that "we would not like to wait."

Russia's combined missile and drone strikes have targeted Ukraine's power grid, coinciding with Moscow's push to capture the eastern stronghold of Pokrovsk. Zelenskyy noted that Ukraine recently received additional Patriots from Germany, th...