For much of the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s pleas to Western allies for air defenses have paid off. In a statement, he said the number of air defense missiles supplied by Western partners so far this year had “dropped threefold compared with 2025.” The same day, Mr. Zelensky resumed his lobbying campaign for more air defenses. Until Ukraine gets enough air defenses, Mr. Pertsovskyi said in a phone interview, “how many human lives are going to be lost?” The post Ukraine Is Pleading for Air Defenses.