New Delhi, July 29 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday at the White House was primarily aimed at securing air defence interceptors to prevent Kyiv from being left vulnerable as Russia has intensified its attacks, particularly on civilian targets, former Indian Ambassador to Ukraine Vidya Bhushan Soni said on Wednesday.

Speaking to ANI on the significance of the Zelenskyy-Trump meeting, Soni said Ukraine is facing an acute shortage of armaments after international attention and military resources shifted away from the conflict between US-Israeli coalition forces and Iran, which has led to the disruption of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the key waterways for glob...