According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine does not have enough weapons to fully equip its troops. “We would need to equip 14 brigades, but we can only equip four brigades with the weapons delivered so far”said Zelensky in an interview with a US journalist, parts of which were published on the Telegram platform and in Ukrainian media. He attributed this shortage to slow deliveries.
Especially in the time in which US arms deliveries were blocked for months in Congress in Washington at the beginning of the yearUkraine has used up all its reserves. “We gave everything we had in reserve, both in depots and in reserve units”said Zelensky. “We gave out all the weapons they still had.” But now these reserve units need to be upgraded, stressed the Ukrainian president.
Zelenskyj has recently pointed out several times that promised arms aid from allies is often delivered with great delays. This makes warfare more difficultespecially in the defense of heavily contested regions in eastern Ukraine.
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Selenskyj wants to present victory plan in Washington
In a conversation with well-known US journalist Fareed Zakaria, Zelensky announced that he would soon present a victory plan in Washington. “I have prepared several points, four of which are fundamental,” said Zelensky. They are about security, Ukraine’s geopolitical position and military support, Zelensky outlined his plan without going into detail. It is also about economic support for Ukraine.
The implementation of these points, stressed Selenskyj, depends exclusively on US President Joe Biden, and not at all on Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. An exact date for Selenskyj’s visit to Washington has not been set, but is expected around the time of the UN General Assembly at the end of September. (dpa)
