Chuck Schumer visits Ukraine: “If Ukraine is defeated, it will have devastating consequences for the U.S.”
Zelensky: “Russia is likely to launch a new offensive in late May to early summer”
Ukrainian defense: Delayed supply of half of weapons promised by the West… “To frustration and death”
On the 25th (local time), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky repeatedly urged the U.S. Congress to approve it, saying that if the U.S. does not provide additional military aid worth $60 billion to Ukraine, “millions more people will die.”
President Zelensky responded as follows to a question about U.S. Republican Senator J.D. Vance’s remarks in a CNN interview on this day, two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Senator Vance, a representative pro-Trump lawmaker, has publicly expressed his opposition to the Joe Biden administration’s additional support plan, saying, “US support will not fundamentally change the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine.” He said that in order to end the war, “it is reasonable to achieve peace through negotiations with Russia.”
In response, President Zelenskyy complained, “They don’t understand what’s happening here.”
“Understanding means being on the front lines, seeing first-hand what is happening, talking to the people, and understanding what will happen to civilians if this support is not provided,” he said. “Then millions of people will lose their lives.” You will understand that it is possible. “This is true,” he emphasized.
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said that if the U.S. does not supply more weapons, Ukraine will lose the war and this will have a negative impact on the U.S. as well.
Representative Schumer, who visited Ukraine to mark the second anniversary of the Russian War, said this year was “an important moment in world history” and warned, “If Ukraine is defeated by Russia, it will have devastating consequences for the United States as well.”
“This is a turning point and an inflection point for America’s ability to project America’s strength, power and capabilities to the world,” he said. “We went there and told the Ukrainian people, ‘America will not abandon you.’” He emphasized.
At a press conference marking the second anniversary of the war, President Zelensky again expressed his hope that additional U.S. support could be passed soon.
There were also concerns that Russia could attempt a new offensive as early as late May or early summer.
President Zelenskyy said in a press conference that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed during this war. Injured and civilian casualties are omitted.
The United States estimated in August last year that about 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 100,000 to 120,000 were injured. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed last month that Ukraine had lost 400,000 troops, including 215,000 last year. According to a U.S. assessment declassified last December, Russian casualties were estimated at 315,000, or 87% of the 360,000 troops.
Ukraine’s new Defense Minister Rustem Umerou said, “We are losing territory because half of the weapons promised by the West are not supplied on time,” adding, “(Delays in weapons supply) are leading to frustration and death on the battlefield.”
Source: Donga
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