Kiev wants the West to place its own missiles in the country in order to deter Russia Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has called on Western backers to deploy their missiles in the country as part of a “deterrence package” designed to threaten Russian military targets. On Thursday, Zelensky presented to the European Council his so-called “victory plan.” A day earlier in the Ukrainian parliament he unveiled the plan, calling it a “comprehensive non-nuclear strategic deterrence package,”