# Kyiv increasingly struggling to protect energy and military facilities, governor says

https://mins.news/en/item/38591

- TASS, 2026-08-31 11:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2179835

> Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo said the Kyiv regime is finding it increasingly difficult to shield military facilities and energy infrastructure from Russian strikes because it lacks air-defense missiles. He described former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fyodorov’s offer to help the US build a drone army in exchange for Patriot systems and investment as creative bargaining for weapons and funding.

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