Slovakia sends Ukraine its S-300 anti-aircraft missile defence system
Slovakia sends Ukraine its long-range S-300 anti-aircraft missile defence system days after Russia warned such supplies would be ‘legitimate targets’
- Prime Minister Eduard Heger has donated the air defence system to Ukraine after an appeal by Zelensky
- Heger said Slovakia’s defence was secured and assured is not a declaration of war against Russia
- Sergei Lavrov had warned Moscow ‘will not allow’ the transfer of the weapons which would be seen as a target