Zelenskyy: US aid will give Ukraine chance to win
Pravda Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that the approval of US aid for Ukraine will give Kyiv a chance to win the war.
Source: Zelenskyy in an interview for NBC News on 21 April
Quote: “I think this support will really strengthen the armed forces, I pray, and we will have a chance at victory if Ukraine really gets the weapons system which we need so much, which thousands of soldiers need so much.”
Details: Asked whether this aid will help Ukraine win the war or merely prolong it, Zelenskyy stated: “It depends on when we actually get weapons on the ground…Now we have the chance to stabilise the situation and to seize the initiative, and that’s why we need to actually have the weapons systems…Giving the US a specific timeline of the war, well, it depends how soon they [the military – ed.] get this aid. There are so many variables, so many factors.”
Zelenskyy also reacted to recent reports that former US president Donald Trump, if elected, would pressure Ukraine to give away part of its territory to Russia in exchange for ending the war: “Rumours and different hearsay, I don’t believe that.”
He also expressed doubt that Vladimir Putin would ever agree to such a settlement or adhere to it, noting: “You can never trust Putin.”
Quote: “The strategy of ending the war should be based not on the words which Putin says or some other people from his entourage say, but on something very specific, something very tangible in Ukraine that is independent and democratic.”
Background:
- On 20 April, the US House of Representatives approved a bill to provide about $61 billion in military aid for Ukraine.
- US President Joe Biden has urged the Senate to approve the aid for Ukraine and “quickly send this package to my desk so that I can sign it into law, and we can quickly send weapons and equipment to Ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield needs”.
- US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that US senators will come out of recess to vote on aid to Ukraine on Tuesday 23 April.
- The Washington Post reported that it will take the Pentagon less than a week to deliver some of the weapons to Ukrainian forces after all the procedures for adopting the relevant legislation are completed.
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