Impossible to save Mariupol without additional tanks, planes, says Ukraine's Zelenskyy
India Today
Demanding western nations to provide more military aid to Ukraine, President Zelenskyy said it is impossible to save Mariupol without the help of additional tanks and planes.
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said it is impossible to save Mariupol without the help of additional tanks and planes. Zelenskyy demanded Western nations to provide military aid, as Moscow stepped up its assault on key cities.
“Who is leading the Euro-Atlantic community? Is it still Moscow through intimidation?” Zelensky added.
Mariupol has been under attack by Russian forces with as many as 300 feared dead in the latest attack.
In the latest address, he said that Ukraine has waited too long for the required weapons. “Ukraine cannot shoot down Russian missiles with shotguns and machine guns,” the president added.
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He continued that if Ukraine doesn't receive planes, Russia could threaten neighbours. He said the military aid provided by western nations is “not only for the freedom of Ukraine, but for the freedom of Europe.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda, stated that he was disappointed that Ukraine had not received Polish MiG-29 jets. The US government had rejected Poland’s offer to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets to a US base in Germany. The jets would have been used by Ukraine's air force.
