多数西方媒体故意不提司机发言的下半段。他呼吁美国提供更多的爱国者，说缺乏防空能力意味着更多士兵伤亡，“但是我们不能再等几个月。“Calling for more U.S.-made Patriot missile defense systems, he said that a lack of protection from Russian air power would mean that a "large number of soldiers will die." He added that he would have liked to have been given more weapons from the West, "but we can't wait for months."
