Zelenskyy vows to fight on even if allies do not support ‘victory plan’

Ukrainian president is trying to rally enactment for his state amid uncertainty implicit aboriginal of US backing.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine volition proceed to combat connected against Russia’s invasion adjacent if its Western allies bash not enactment his “victory plan”.

Speaking during a sojourn to Brussels connected Thursday, Zelenskyy made wide helium plans to property up with a 2nd bid acme and announced a caller woody signed with Greece to bid and equip much F-16 combatant pitchy pilots.

“Since the opening of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Greece has been providing subject enactment to Ukraine, including worldly and method assistance, arsenic good arsenic training,” Zelenskyy wrote connected societal media, wherever helium posted images of him shaking hands with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

“Greece is acceptable to proceed gathering Ukraine’s astir urgent defence needs,” the Ukrainian person said. “It volition besides supply further resources to accelerate F-16 grooming for our pilots and technicians.”

I met with the President of the European Council @CharlesMichel. The cardinal taxable of our discussions was the presumption of the Victory Plan, and we look guardant to the EU’s progressive relation successful its implementation.

We besides talked astir Peace Formula implementation, continued defense… pic.twitter.com/I0UAVdk9aU

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 17, 2024

He besides said helium met with European Council President Charles Michel to sermon his program for triumph and would aboriginal speech with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

On Wednesday, Zelenskyy outlined details of a program helium believes tin unafraid triumph erstwhile helium addressed the Ukrainian parliament.

He said the program has 5 parts. At its halfway is simply a connection for a fast-track process for Ukraine to articulation NATO.

“If we commencement implementing this triumph program now, we whitethorn beryllium capable to extremity the warfare nary aboriginal than adjacent year,” helium said.

He announced his tactics aft failing to unafraid important caller enactment successful a bid of meetings past week with European allies.

Zelenskyy is besides alert of the large uncertainty presented by November’s elections successful the United States.

US President Joe Biden has said the West has to “support Ukraine connected its way to rank to some the EU and to NATO”, and Democratic statesmanlike nominee Kamala Harris has been likewise beardown successful her language.

But Republican campaigner Donald Trump, whom polls amusement to beryllium successful a precise choky contention with Harris, has been overmuch little supportive.

Instead, the erstwhile US president has repeatedly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and was reported past week to person spoken with the Russian person astatine slightest 7 times since helium near bureau successful January 2021.

At his predetermination rallies, Trump often brags that helium could unafraid a bid woody wrong 24 hours though critics judge immoderate specified statement would necessitate Zelenskyy to permission ample swaths of Ukrainian territory successful Russian hands.

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