He listed the weapons our defenders now need.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reminded that NATO does not want to see Ukraine among its members in the near future. During an interview with Fox News, he said that he considered it a mistake of the Alliance, which would only get stronger with our state.
“NATO does not want to accept us. I think it is a mistake, because if we joined NATO, we would make the Alliance much stronger. We are not a weak state. We do not propose to strengthen us at the expense of NATO countries … We “It is an additional driving force. I think Ukraine is an important part of the European continent,” he said.
He also noted that if Ukraine is not admitted to the Alliance, member states must help Kiev with heavy weapons.
“Just give us missiles, give us planes. You can't give us an F-18 or an F-19 (American fighters – ed.) Or whatever you have, then give us old Soviet planes. That's all. Give them to me in give me something to defend my country, “he added.
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It will be recalled that the head of the legal group at the talks between Ukraine and Russia, Alexander Chaly, said that security guarantees should be analogous to Article 5 of NATO. This means that an attack on our state will be considered an attack on all signatories. Chaly noted that if they agree, our side agrees to permanent neutrality, non-alignment and non-nuclear. But nothing should contradict Ukraine's right to join the EU.
The head of the Ukrainian delegations David Arahamiya told who Ukraine wants to see as signatories of security guarantees. He also said that the document will not apply to the temporarily occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea, as issues have not yet been resolved.
Earlier , the United States declared its readiness to act as one of the guarantors of Ukraine's security. Then the same was announced in Italy and Germany. At the same time, British Deputy Prime Minister Dominique Raab said that London would consider Ukraine's request , but he ruled out taking guarantees that NATO countries have.
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