“President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that US President Donald Trump promised him help with air defense equipment after he was informed of the “situation” in Ukraine.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Patriot. Illustrative photo: getty images Source: as reported by “Evropeyska Pravda”, Zelenskyi said this while answering journalists’ questions online on Tuesday
Details: According to the head of state, at the meeting with Trump, they discussed strengthening Ukrainian air defense.
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“We had a separate second block with President Trump – that I really need air defense. I really need NASAMS missiles. I really need PAC-3 missiles for the Patriots. And I don’t want to say what our current situation is publicly, but I showed it, I demonstrated it to the American side,” Zelenskyi said.
According to the head of state, “President Trump said he would help me.”
“I am grateful to him for that. The relevant papers with the quantity, what we need and how – I handed it all over. I said separately that we are ready to buy all this through the PURL program. And here I want to thank the Europeans for filling this program. And we have the opportunity to buy air defense systems. I only asked the president, if possible, to help us. The sooner, the better,” Zelenskyi said.
He added that such support is necessary despite diplomatic efforts to end the war, as Russia does not stop its strikes.
Zelensky also commented on the statement of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that the US could allegedly deploy its troops in Ukraine as part of providing security guarantees after reaching a peace agreement.
In addition, Zelensky believes that the visit of US President Donald Trump to Ukraine would be useful, especially if the head of the White House flew directly to Ukraine.