Zhelensky says anti-Ukrainianism depends on the United States

Posted on 04/10/2022 19:15

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky has said that Ukrainian opposition to the forthcoming Russian offensive depends on US support. The report was released during an interview with show reporter Scott Belle 60 minutesThis Sunday (10/4) was shown by the North American channel CBS.

“It all depends on how quickly we are helped by the United States,” he said. The United States has already provided Ukraine with hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons, but Ukrainian officials have urged US allies. US and NATO warplanes and heavier weapons.

Last week, The US State Department and the Pentagon announced that they would send $ 100 million in additional military aid to Ukraine, bringing the total to more than $ 1.7 billion since the invasion began at the end of February this year. On Thursday (7/4), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba asked for more weapons during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

Zhelensky said he expected a new phase of the war in the coming weeks, due to Russia’s presence in the south of the country. “We think this will be the new phase of this war,” he said. “We do not know how many Russian weapons there are, but we understand that they are many times more than they are now,” he added.

Inspected by satellite images Maxar Technologies and cited CNN International, A Russian contingent moves toward southern Ukraine via the eastern city of Velykyi Burluk. The network quoted the head of Ukraine’s intelligence service on Friday as saying that Russian forces were planning to move to Kharkiv.