Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs air defenses, aid for energy system

Rescuers work at a site of a private house destroyed during a Russian air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 10, 2024. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz react prior to the start of a working session during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on June 11, 2024.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed the need for air defenses and rebuilding the country’s energy system as he spoke Tuesday at a reconstruction conference hosted by Germany.