The Ukrainian authorities appealed to the United States with a request to supply the C-RAM highly mobile air defense systems.

This was reported by ABC News journalists, who referred to a letter from a Ukrainian official that journalists received from U.S. Congressmen.

The letter was written by Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He asked the U.S. Congress members to help Ukraine obtain additional air defense equipment. First of all, to counter threats from Iranian-made kamikaze drones.

A high-ranking official of the Government of Ukraine told reporters that there is also a letter from representatives of the Ukrainian executive power with a request to the Biden administration regarding the C-RAM systems.

Referring to Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Col. Garron Garn, ABC News reported that the United States is working on supporting Ukraine to carry out an effective fight against the threats that exist now.

“We are working around the clock to fulfill Ukraine’s priority security assistance requests, delivering weapons from U.S. stocks when they are available,” he added.

It is noted that Stefanchuk, in his letter, also asks senior U.S. lawmakers to assist him in asking the Biden administration to provide longer-range missiles so that the Ukrainian military could destroy targets such as “stocks of Iranian drones, deep behind the enemy lines on the occupied territory of Ukraine.”

Previously, Foreign Policy magazine reported on the letter of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. Ruslan Stefanchuk sent it to Congress on October 10. At that time, Russian forces for the first time carried out a massive attack on Ukrainian energy facilities, using Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones.

This letter referred to the provision of NASAMS air defense systems, C-RAM systems, as well as artillery and fighter jets to Ukraine.

C-RAM is a tactical air defense system designed to protect against missiles, artillery shells, and mines.

Radars, along with optical, electronic, and acoustic sensors, are used as detection tools. C-RAM can also be integrated into a common detection system.

An example of the U.S. C-RAM system is the Centurion complex. It has a ship’s Phalanx CIWS anti-aircraft artillery system. Its six-barrel 20 mm gun is capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 1.5 km at a fire rate of 3000 rounds per minute.