President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believes the war with Russia is “closer to the end” than many people think and called on allies to strengthen the Ukrainian army, Babel reports.
He said this in an interview with the American TV channel ABC News.
The plan of victory is to strengthen Ukraine. Therefore, we ask our friends, our allies, to strengthen us. This is very important, – Zelenskyy emphasized.
He thinks that Ukraine is closer to peace. And only from a “strong position” can Ukraine “push Putin to end the war”.
According to him, Putin is afraid of the operation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kursk region, because the Russians saw that “he cannot defend his territory”.
There are four key points in the victory plan that Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to present in the United States. And two of them are the continuation of Ukraine’s operation in Russia’s Kursk region in order to have a “territorial trump card” for negotiations, as well as a request for “specific” modern weapons.
It is known that Ukraine has long been asking its allies to allow it to use their weapons for long-range strikes deep into Russia. For such purposes, Ukraine’s arsenal includes, in particular, the American long-range surface-to-surface missiles ATACMS and the British long-range missiles Storm Shadow.
However, none of these countries has given Ukraine permission to use their weapons for attacks deep into Russia. The United States fears a possible escalation in the wake of this decision. And the United Kingdom cannot allow Ukraine to carry out such strikes because of US resistance.
