“The President: the placement of the European military contingent in Ukraine cannot be the only guarantee of security. The President said that the European military contingent can become part of the security guarantees, but not the only one. Currently, the Ukrainian army has 880,000 soldiers. military About 33-34% of all weapons in Ukraine today are domestic production.”, — write on: unn.ua
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We are talking with the French side about the European contingent on the territory of Ukraine. That’s pretty general stuff for now. We support that the contingent of certain countries, our allies, our strategic partners, is and can become part of security guarantees. This cannot be the only security guarantee, it will not be enough. We will discuss this issue with the leader of Great Britain. Yes, we raised this issue with our Baltic partners. But it is definitely necessary to have a complete map of security guarantees for Ukraine, where a military contingent may become a part, it is not a fact that it will become. The question is, what kind of contingent is this, which countries, what kind of quantitative and qualitative composition is it, and where are they located
According to him, the contingent should include instructors with a large program of education and training of the Ukrainian military in Ukraine.
“It is also us within the framework of this program, if it happens, regarding the deployment of forces and means, we are also talking about this issue. The issue is that it is not enough, because … even after the war, we have to understand who we are dealing with. Now there are about 600 thousand Russian contingent on the territory of our country. Maybe a little less, depending on how our guys worked today. As for the Ukrainian army, today it is 880 thousand, but we have to defend the entire territory. Russian troops are concentrated in some directions, and therefore they have a numerical advantage there. When the war is over, we must understand what the contingent of other countries is only Ukraine, because it is a very large army. We are not playing games with reports of reductions today, because this is how a large army deters the enemy today,” Zelenskyi said.
He emphasized that the only security guarantee for Ukraine today is the Ukrainian army.
“How to maintain such a large army? This is also an agreement. There is financing for such a large army. If you look at the weapons. When the war began, the proportions of aid from Europe and the United States, as well as Ukrainian production, were the same, and today we have different proportions. About 33- 34% of all weapons in Ukraine are domestically produced, this was less than 10%, now 30% – Europe and 40% – USA therefore, when the question is asked, how without this help, and how without that help?… We cannot look at the guarantees of today’s support for Ukraine without one player – Europe and the USA. It is important for us to preserve this union, because it is also a guarantee of security.” , – added the head of state.
He also stated that Russia currently produces or has more equipment than Ukraine in many aspects, although Europe has more military-oriented factories.
In addition, he once again emphasized that membership in NATO is a frequent guarantee for Ukraine.
We will remind
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, discussed with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, the placement of partner contingents and the training of the Ukrainian military.