““I didn’t say about 200 thousand”: Zelensky clarified his words about the foreign contingentThe President of Ukraine clarified his previous statement regarding the number of foreign contingents in the country. According to him, the number can be both larger and smaller, depending on the reduction of the Ukrainian army.”, — write on: unn.ua
He said this in an interview with Bloomberg UNN.
I did not say, by the way, that we need 200,000. The journalist asked, I said – it could be more, it could be less
According to him, in order to contain the enemy’s troops, there should be a million-strong army in Ukraine.
If we reduce the army by 200,000, by 300,000, by 500,000 – it will say that other troops are needed instead – in the number by which we have reduced. That’s what I was talking about
Zelensky also said that Ukraine is ready for the presence of a foreign contingent, but such a decision cannot be considered only as a European initiative, without the presence of the United States.
We will remind
Earlier, UNN reported that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, said that in order to prevent a new attack by Russia on Ukraine after reaching a ceasefire agreement, it is necessary to deploy at least 200,000 European peacekeepers.