The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyvisibly irritated, demanded on Saturday from Western countries to offer a small part of their arsenal and asked if they were afraid of Moscow.
Several countries have promised to send anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, as well as lighter reinforcement. However, Zelensky stressed that Kyiv needs tanks, fighter jets and anti-ship weapons systems.
“These are what our partners have and they just collect dust where they are. “All this is not only for the freedom of Ukraine, but for the freedom of the whole of Europe,” Zelensky said in a video message late Saturday night.
According to him, Ukraine needs only 1% of NATO aircraft and 1% of the North Atlantic Alliance tanks and has pledged not to ask for more.
“We are waiting for 31 days. Who is responsible for the Euro-Atlantic community? “Is Moscow really still intimidated?” He said.
Zelensky has repeatedly stressed that Russia will try to expand further into Europe if Ukraine “falls”. But NATO has not backed its call for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, saying it would provoke a generalized conflict.
Earlier on Saturday, Zelensky had a conversation with Polish President Andrei Duda and expressed disappointment that Russian-made fighter jets in Eastern Europe had not been sent to Ukraine.
“The price of procrastination over aircraft is the lives of thousands of Ukrainians,” Zelensky was quoted as saying by the Ukrainian presidency. He noted that Poland and the United States had both stated their readiness to take such a decision.
A few weeks ago, Washington rejected Poland’s surprise offer to transfer MiG-29 fighters to a US base in Germany to be used to reinforce the Ukrainian Air Force.
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